DAWSON, Douglas
(Service number 55443)
| First Rank | Private | Last Rank |
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Birth
| Date | 11 February 1890 | Place of Birth | New Machar, Aberdeenshire, Scotland |
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Enlistment Information
| Date | Age | ||
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| Address at Enlistment | Box 42, Fairlie | ||
| Occupation | Labourer | ||
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| Marital Status | Single | ||
| Next of Kin | John DAWSON (father), Brown Hills, New Machar, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. Also Mrs David STEPHENSON (friend) | ||
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 | 28th Reinforcements, Canterbury Infantry Regiment, C Company | ||
| Date | 26 July 1917 | ||
| Transport | Ulimaroa | ||
| Embarked From | Destination | Plymouth, Devon, England | |
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Award Circumstances and Date
No information
Prisoner of War Information
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Death
| Date | 5 July 1974 | Age | 84 years |
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| Place of Death | 83 Herbert Street, Invercargill (residence) | ||
| Cause | |||
| Memorial or Cemetery | Cremated Dunedin; ashes interred Queenstown Cemetery | ||
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Biographical Notes
Douglas Dawson was the son of John Wilson and Anne (née Smith) Dawson. In 1891 Douglas and some of hisw siblings were in the care of a woman at New Machar; in 1901 they were all home at Broomhills Farm, Old Machar, Aberdeenshire. Douglas stated that he had been inNew Zealand for three years, having come in 1914 per the 'Orsova'. He made a visit home in 1953. He returned to Fairlie, New Zealand with Draft 187 which brought a large number of soldiers home in early October 1918. Douglas married Ella Rita Leyden in 1925 in New Zealand.
Sources
Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Database [09 July 2019]; Cemetery records; Evening Post, 30 September 1918 (Papers Past) [16 August 2016]
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