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DOBSON, Edwin
(Service number 68520)

Aliases
First Rank	Private	Last Rank	Rifleman

Birth

Date	17 August 1894	Place of Birth	Tynehead, Alston, Cumberland, England

Enlistment Information

Date	12 September 1917	Age	23 years 1 month
Address at Enlistment	Cave
Occupation	Ploughman
Previous Military Experience	2nd South Canterbury - still serving
Marital Status	Single
Next of Kin	A. E. DOBSON (father), Cave, Canterbury
Religion	Church of England
Medical Information	Height 5 feet 7 inches. Weight 137 lbs. Chest measurement 32½-34½ inches. Complexion fresh. Eyes blue. Hair fair. Sight - both eyes 6/6. Hearing & colour vision both normal. Limbs well formed. Full & perfect movement of all joints. Chest well formed. Heart & lungs normal. No illnesses. Free from hernia, varicocele, varicose veins, haemorrhoids, inveterate or contagious skin disease. No slight defects. No fits. Class A.

Military Service

Served with	NZ Armed Forces	Served in	Army
Military District

Embarkation Information

Body on Embarkation	New Zealand Expeditionary Force
Unit, Squadron, or Ship	33rd Reinforcements, Auckland Infantry Regiment, A Company
Date	31 December 1917
Transport	Athenic
Embarked From	Wellington	Destination	Glasgow, Scotland

Other Units Served With
Last Unit Served With	3rd NZ Company

Military Awards

Campaigns	Western European
Service Medals	British War Medal; Victory Medal
Military Awards

Award Circumstances and Date

No information

Prisoner of War Information

Date of Capture
Where Captured and by Whom
Actions Prior to Capture
PoW Serial Number
PoW Camps
Days Interned
Liberation Date

Discharge

Date	3 April 1920	Reason	On Termination of Period of Engagement.

Hospitals, Wounds, Diseases and Illnesses

Post-war Occupations

Death

Date	7 January 1982	Age	87 years
Place of Death	Timaru
Cause
Notices	Timaru Herald, 8 January 1982
Memorial or Cemetery	Temuka Cemetery
Memorial Reference	General Section, Row 265, Plot 896
New Zealand Memorials	Cave War Memorial

Biographical Notes

Edwin Dobson was the second of the four sons of Alfred Edwin and Margaret Ann (née Millican) Dobson. Born on 27 August 1894 at Alston, Cumberland, England, he was a school pupil living at home with his family at West Ashgill, Alston, in 1901, and at the next property, Hill House, in 1911. His father, a lead miner, had turned to farming by 1911, and Edwin was working on the farm.

Sources

Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Database [19 March 2017]; NZ Defence Force Personnel Records (Archives NZ Ref. AABK 18805 W5537 0034306) [21 March 2017], NZ Defence Force Personnel Records (Archives NZ Ref. AABK 18805 W5562 0130074) [21 March 2017]; Temuka Cemetery headstone image (Timaru District Council) [21 March 2017]; Timaru Herald, 8, 9 & 12 January 1982 (Timaru District Library) [23 March 2017]

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