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DAWSON, Samuel
Personal Details
Service Numbers: | 538, 17967 |
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Enlisted: | 27 March 1917, Sydney, New South Wales |
Last Rank: | Sapper |
Last Unit: | 1st and 2nd Field Troops |
Born: | Hanley, Staffordshire, England, 2 September 1880 |
Home Town: | Lithgow, Lithgow, New South Wales |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Colliery manager |
Died: | Heart Disease, Hamilton, Tasmania, Australia, 15 February 1931, aged 50 years |
Cemetery: |
St Stephen's Catholic Church Cemetery |
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Service History
Boer War Service
28 Feb 1900: | Embarked Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 538, New South Wales Citizen Bushmen | |
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9 May 1901: | Embarked Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 538, New South Wales Citizen Bushmen, SS Morayshire, Capetown for return to Australia - disembarking Sydney 11 June 1901 |
World War 1 Service
27 Mar 1917: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Sapper, 17967, 1st and 2nd Field Troops, Sydney, New South Wales | |
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9 May 1917: | Embarked AIF WW1, Sapper, 17967, 1st and 2nd Field Troops, HMAT Port Sydney, Sydney | |
9 May 1917: | Involvement AIF WW1, Sapper, 17967, 1st and 2nd Field Troops, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '5' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Port Sydney embarkation_ship_number: A15 public_note: '' | |
22 Aug 1918: | Discharged AIF WW1, Sapper, 17967 | |
28 Aug 1918: | Honoured Military Medal, Egypt and Palestine - Light Horse and AFC Operations, For bravery and devotion to duty at midnight on 21/22 March 1918 near Makhadet Hajla, when 17967 Sapper Samuel Dawson swam the swift current of the Jordan River with a line under fire, accompanied by six members of the Londoners Regiment, in order to establish a bridge crossing of the river. In the challenging conditions Dawson was also forced to rescue some of the English soldiers from drowning. Once the line was over, a raft took more and more Londoners over the river to establish a bridgehead while the Australian Engineers started building the pontoon bridge as the morning broke. |
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One of six brothers at the front: John Owen Dawson 19362, Hugh Francis Carlin Dawson 6548, Lancelot Joseph Dawson 2739, Henry Constantine Dawson 2720 and Paul Richard Dawson 3136A