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Victor Albyius DAWSON

Regimental number832
Place of birthSouth Melbourne, Victoria
ReligionRoman Catholic
OccupationIronmoulder
Address65 Eastern Road, South Melbourne, Victoria
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation20
Next of kinSister, Zilpha McConville, 65 Eastern Road, South Melbourne, Victoria
Enlistment date5 February 1915
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll3 February 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name21st Battalion, D Company
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/38/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A38 Ulysses on 10 May 1915
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll21st Battalion
Other details from Roll of Honour CircularEnlisted 3rd February, 1915. Taken on Strength, 21st Batalion, 4th May, 1915. Wounded 8th November, 1916, 4th October, 1917, and gassed on 28th July, 1918.
FateKilled in Action 5 October 1918
Miscellaneous details (Nominal Roll)*Spelt Victor Aloysius Dawson on NR
Place of death or woundingMontbrehain, France
Age at death24
Place of burialProspect Hill Cemetery (Plot V, Row B, Grave No. 5), Guoy, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
93
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Town. South Melbourne, Victoria

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