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DEMPSEY, William John
Personal Details
Service Number: | 1910 |
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Enlisted: | 19 January 1916, Place of Enlistment Cairns Queensland |
Last Rank: | Shoeing-Smith Corporal |
Last Unit: | 4th Light Horse Brigade Machine Gun Squadron |
Born: | Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia, 11 December 1892 |
Home Town: | Herberton, Atherton Tablelands, Queensland |
Schooling: | Herberton State School Herberton, Queensland, Australia |
Occupation: | Sawmiller; Councillor on Herberton Shire Council, 1929-1930, 1933-1946, 1949-1952 |
Died: | 26 September 1977, aged 84 years, cause of death not yet discovered, place of death not yet discovered |
Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
Memorials: | Evelyn Scrub War Memorial, Herberton War Memorial, Padre White Memorial Chapel |
Service History
World War 1 Service
19 Jan 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1910, 11th Light Horse Regiment, Place of Enlistment Cairns Queensland | |
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22 Jul 1916: | Involvement Private, 1910, 11th Light Horse Regiment, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '3' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: RMS Malwa embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: '' | |
22 Jul 1916: | Embarked Private, 1910, 11th Light Horse Regiment, RMS Malwa, Sydney | |
23 Sep 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, Light Horse Reinforcements, Taken on Strength to 3rd Light Horse Regiment | |
23 Nov 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, Light Horse Reinforcements, Egypt and Palestine - Light Horse and AFC Operations, Trained as a Machine Gunner at Imperial School of Instruction, Zeitoun, Egypt | |
23 Feb 1917: | Transferred 4th Light Horse Brigade Machine Gun Squadron | |
31 Oct 1917: | Involvement 4th Light Horse Regiment, Battle of Beersheba | |
20 Apr 1919: | Promoted AIF WW1, Shoeing-Smith Corporal, 4th Light Horse Brigade Machine Gun Squadron, Egyptian uprising - Damanhour, Egypt | |
14 Oct 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Shoeing-Smith Corporal, 1910, 4th Light Horse Brigade Machine Gun Squadron, Returned to Australia on Dongala - Disembarkation on 28-08-1919 |
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