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Sydney John DOBSON

Regimental number911
Place of birthNewcastle, New South Wales
SchoolState School, New South Wales
ReligionPresbyterian
OccupationLabourer
AddressLatrobe, Tasmania
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation21
Next of kinFather, Marcus Dobson, Queanbeyan, New South Wales
Enlistment date26 January 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name3rd Light Horse Regiment, 4th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number10/8/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Adelaide, South Australia, on board HMAT A17 Port Lincoln on 1 April 1915
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll4th Pioneer Battalion
FateKilled in Action 8 August 1918
Age at death25
Age at death from cemetery records25
Place of burialHeath Cemetery (Plot I, Row G, Grave No. 12), Harbonnieres, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
174
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Marcus and Louisa DOBSON, The Post Office, Queanbeyan, New South Wales. Born at Newcastle, New South Wales

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