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John William DEWSNAP

Regimental number3027
Place of birthWilliamstown, Victoria
SchoolState school, Victoria
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationPorter
AddressAllard Street, Brighton, Victoria
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation37
Height5' 2.75"
Weight154 lbs
Next of kinMother, Mrs M A Dewsnap, Londonville, Porter Street, Prahran, Victoria
Previous military serviceServed in the Senior Cadets.
Enlistment date12 July 1915
Place of enlistmentMelbourne, Victoria
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name7th Battalion, 10th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/24/3
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT RMS Osterley on 29 September 1915
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll59th Battalion
FateKilled in Action 19 July 1916
Age at death from cemetery records38
Place of burialNo known grave
Commemoration detailsV.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 connectionsBrothers: 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
SourcesNAA: B2455, DEWSNAP John William

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