Regimental number | 3136 |
Place of birth | New York, NY, USA |
Religion | Roman Catholic |
Occupation | Miner |
Address | 10 Sydney Street, Erskineville, New South Wales |
Marital status | Married |
Age at embarkation | 23 |
Height | 5' 4.75" |
Weight | 118 lbs |
Next of kin | Wife, Mrs L Dawson, 4 Sydney Street, Erskineville, Sydney, New South Wales |
Previous military service | Served for 3 years in St George's Rifles, Citizen Military Forces (resigned). |
Enlistment date | |
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll | |
Place of enlistment | liverpool, New South Wales |
Rank on enlistment | Private |
Unit name | 1st Battalion, 10th Reinforcement |
AWM Embarkation Roll number | 23/18/3 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A69 Warilda on |
Regimental number from Nominal Roll | 3136A |
Rank from Nominal Roll | Private |
Unit from Nominal Roll | 45th Battalion |
Fate | Discharged on account of desertion |
Discharge date | |
Family/military connections | Brothers: 2720 Pte Henry Constantine DAWSON, 45th Bn, killed in action, 7 April 1918; 6548 Hughie Francis Carlin DAWSON, 17th Bn, discharged on account of desertion, 1 April 1920; Pte 19362 Sapper John Owen DAWSON, 1st Signal Squadron Engineers, returned to Australia, 30 August 1918; 3136 Pte Paul Richard DAWSON, 45th Bn, discharged on account of desertion, 1 April 1920; 17967 Sapper Samuel DAWSON, Anzac Mounted Division Train, returned to Australia, 26 August 1918. |
Other details |
War service: Egypt, Western Front Taken on strength, 1st Bn, 6 January 1916. Transferred to 53rd Bn, 13 February 1916. Admitted to 3rd Field Ambulance, 14 February 1916 (influenza); discharged to unit, 15 February 1916. Taken on strength, 45th Bn, 31 March 1916. Embarked Alexandria to join the British Expeditionary Force, 2 June 1916; disembarked Marseilles, France, 8 June 1916. Admitted to 12th Australian Field Ambulance, 26 July 1916 (abscess on leg); transferred to 1st Australian Field Ambulance, 1 August 1916; discharged to duty, 6 August 1916. Wounded, 15 August 1916 (sprained back, buried); admitted to 3rd Casualty Clearing Station, 17 August 1916, and transferred to Ambulance Train No 29; admitted to 23rd General Hospital, Etaples, 17 August 1916; transferred to England, 19 August 1916, and admitted same day to Colchester General Military Hospital. Admitted to No 1 Command Depot, Perham Downs, 4 September 1916. Found guilty, Perham Downs, 23 September 1916, of being absent without leave from 3 pm, 19 September, until he reported back at 4 pm, 20 September 1916: awarded 2 days confined to camp, and forfeited 2 days' pay. Attached from No 4 Command Depot, Wareham, and posted to War Chest, London, 1 February 1917. Detached from attachment, 18 April 1917; transferred to 63rd Bn, 27 April 1917. Marched out to No 1 Command Depot, 9 June 1917. Admitted to No 1 Australian Dermatological Hospital, Bulford, 5 May 1917; escaped from hospital, 5 July 1917; total period of treatment for venereal disease: 62 days. Court of Enquiry, London, 11 July 1918, declared soldier to be an illegal absentee. Discharged from the AIF, 1 April 1920, on account of desertion. War medals: forfeited eligibility for medals on account of desertion. |