DAWSON, George
(Service number 26393)
| First Rank | Sapper | Last Rank |
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Birth
| Date | 13 May 1875 | Place of Birth | Banchory-Ternan, Kincardineshire, Scotland |
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Enlistment Information
| Date | Age | ||
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| Address at Enlistment | Club Hotel, Timaru | ||
| Occupation | Carpenter | ||
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| Next of Kin | James DAWSON (father), Dysart, Fifeshire, Scotland; Alex Baird (friend), Timaru | ||
Military Service
| Served with | NZ Armed Forces | Served in | Army |
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Embarkation Information
| Body on Embarkation | New Zealand Expeditionary Force | ||
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| Unit, Squadron, or Ship | 14th Reinforcements, New Zealand Engineers | ||
| Date | 26 June 1916 | ||
| Transport | Tahiti or Maunganui | ||
| Embarked From | Wellington | Destination | |
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Award Circumstances and Date
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Prisoner of War Information
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Death
| Date | 17 April 1961 | Age | 86 years |
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| Place of Death | 16 Cambridge Street, Timaru (residence) | ||
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| Memorial or Cemetery | Timaru Cemetery | ||
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Biographical Notes
George Dawson was the eldest of the family of James and Jane (née Kydd) Dawson. George was a scholar at home with the family in 1881 at Brandon and Byshottles, Durham, England. He was back with them in 1901 - by then a joiner, and living at Dysart, Fifeshire, Scotland. In 1920 in New Zealand George married Margaret Mary Real. He was survived by two sons.
Sources
Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Database [01 June 2017]; 1881 census England, 1891 & 1901 census Scotland (ancestry.com.au) [01 June 2017]Timaru Cemetery headstone image (Timaru Distrct Council) [01 June 2017]
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