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Murdo MacLawson DOBBIE

Regimental number341
Place of birthFootscray, Victoria
SchoolFootscray State School, Victoria
ReligionPresbyterian
OccupationClerk
Address66 Cross Street, Footscray West, Victoria
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation21
Next of kinFather, Henry Dobbie, 66 Cross Street, Footscray West, Victoria
Previous military serviceHe was exempt from Compulsory Military Training.
Enlistment date8 March 1915
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll9 March 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name24th Battalion, A Company
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/41/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A14 Euripides on 10 May 1915
Rank from Nominal RollCorporal
Unit from Nominal Roll24th Battalion
FateKilled in Action 22 February 1917
Miscellaneous details (Nominal Roll)*Spelt Murdo McLaurin Dobbie on NR
Place of death or woundingLe Sars, Somme, France
Age at death23
Age at death from cemetery records22
Place of burialAdanac Military Cemetery (Plot IV, Row A, Grave No. 1), France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
101
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Henry and Elizabeth Jessie DOBBIE, 66 Cross Street, Footscray, Victoria
Family/military connectionsBrother to Lieut Henry Stewart Dobbie who was wounded at Pozieres and died at Warloy Hospital from wounds. Won the Military Cross.

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