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DOCKRELL, John
Personal Details
Service Numbers: | 48, 1012, 3386 |
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Enlisted: | 8 March 1915, Mildura, Victoria |
Last Rank: | Sergeant |
Last Unit: | 13th Field Ambulance |
Born: | Aldershot, England , 16 June 1865 |
Home Town: | Mildura, Mildura Shire, Victoria |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Painter |
Died: | Natural causes, Adelaide, South Australia, 1 January 1932, aged 66 years |
Cemetery: |
AIF Cemetery, West Terrace Cemetery, Adelaide, South Australia Section: LO, Road: 9N, Site No: 4 |
Memorials: | Mildura Cenotaph |
Service History
Boer War Service
1 Oct 1899: | Involvement Sergeant, 48, 2nd South Australian Mounted Rifles | |
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6 Jan 1902: | Involvement Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Quartermaster Sergeant, 1012, 2nd Battalion, Australian Commonwealth Horse |
World War 1 Service
8 Mar 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3386, Mildura, Victoria | |
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4 Jun 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Sergeant, 3386, 6th Field Ambulance, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '22' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ajana embarkation_ship_number: A31 public_note: '' | |
4 Jun 1915: | Embarked AIF WW1, Sergeant, 3386, 6th Field Ambulance, HMAT Ajana, Melbourne | |
30 Aug 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Sergeant, 3386, 6th Field Ambulance, ANZAC / Gallipoli | |
7 Feb 1920: | Discharged AIF WW1, Sergeant, 3386, 13th Field Ambulance |
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Bugler in the Royal Engineers and Trumpeter in the Natal Carbineers, Telegraph Section New South Wales Engineers, B Battery Garrison Artillery two years