Regimental number | 3027 |
Place of birth | Williamstown, Victoria |
School | State school, Victoria |
Religion | Church of England |
Occupation | Porter |
Address | Allard Street, Brighton, Victoria |
Marital status | Single |
Age at embarkation | 37 |
Height | 5' 2.75" |
Weight | 154 lbs |
Next of kin | Mother, Mrs M A Dewsnap, Londonville, Porter Street, Prahran, Victoria |
Previous military service | Served in the Senior Cadets. |
Enlistment date | |
Place of enlistment | Melbourne, Victoria |
Rank on enlistment | Private |
Unit name | 7th Battalion, 10th Reinforcement |
AWM Embarkation Roll number | 23/24/3 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT RMS Osterley on |
Rank from Nominal Roll | Private |
Unit from Nominal Roll | 59th Battalion |
Fate | Killed in Action |
Age at death from cemetery records | 38 |
Place of burial | No known grave |
Commemoration details | V.C. Corner (Panel No 16), Australian Cemetery Memorial, Fromelles, France |
Panel number, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial | 167 |
Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Parents: John Joseph and Mary Ann DEWSNAP, 19 Porter Streey, Prahran, Victoria. Native of Williamstown, Victoria |
Family/military connections | Brothers: 3071 Pte Claude DEWSNAP, 8th Bn, died of wounds, 28 October 1917; 66 Lance Corporal George DEWSNAP MM, 2nd Field Company Engineers, returned to Australia, 6 June 1918; 21738 Sergeant Joseph Henry DEWSNAP, Australian Army Medical Corps Reinforcements, returned to Australia, 23 July 1919. |
Other details |
War service: Egypt, Western Front Taken on strength og 7th Bn, Tel el Kebir, 7 January 1916. Transferred to 59th Bn, 24 February 1916; taken on strength of 59th Bn, Tel el Kebir, 24 February 1916. Admitted to No 8 Field Ambulance, Ferry Post, 12 May 1916 (synovitis knee); transferred to No 14 Field Ambulance, Ferry Post, 13 May 1916; rejoined 59th Bn, Ferry Post, 16 May 1916. Embarked Alexandria to join the British Expeditionary Force, 18 June 1916; disembarked Marseilles, France, 29 June 1916. Posted missing, 19 July 1916. Court of Enquiry, held in the field, 29 August 1917, pronounced fate as 'Killed in Action, 19 July 1916'. Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal |
Sources | NAA: B2455, DEWSNAP John William |