Donald Druce Dawson

Rifleman

Additional Information:

Son of James George and Hannah Amelia Dawson.

References:

CWGC

Liava'a (2009)

BDM Online

NZ WAR GRAVES

CONTRIBUTED

Public Contributions:

Submitted by: Deborah Alsop

Relationship to casualty: Maternal Grand Uncle

Doing some reserach on Ancestry.co.uk. For your record. Donald was enlisted on 19 August 1915 (see attached). He died on 5th March 1916 (source Military-Genealogy.com, comp. UK, Soldiers Died in the ... Read More

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Casualty

Service Number:

15203

Name:

Donald Druce Dawson

Name variation:

Donald Blower Dawson (BDM Online)

Rank:

Rifleman

Date of Birth:

14 June 1888

Place of Birth:

Wellington, New Zealand

Next of Kin:

James George (father) and Hannah (mother) Dawson, St Leonards, Sydney, New South Wales

Date of Enlistment:

19 August 1915

Locality on Enlistment:

Fiji

Place of Enlistment:

Stratford, Essex

Marital Status:

Single

Occupation on Enlistment:

Draper

Unit:

King's Royal Rifle Corps, 1 Battalion

Casualty Details

Cause of Death:

Died of wounds

Date of Death:

03 May 1916

Day of Death:

Wednesday

Embarkation Details

Text in italics supplied by Cenotaph Online, Auckland War Memorial Museum

Cemetery

Cemetery:

Lapugnoy Military Cemetery

Cemetery Location:

France