Alan Douglas Gibb Dawson

Forenames

Alan Douglas Gibb AWMM

Surname

Dawson AWMM

Also known as

Allan AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Religion

Protestant, Christian AWMM

Address before enlistment

WW1 Pre 07 Sep 1914 AWMM Sydney, New South wales, Australia AWMM

Next of kin

WW1 Alexander Robinson Dawson (father), 45 Shelly Beach Road, Ponsonby, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM

Relationship status

1915 AWMM Single/WWI AWMM

War

• Territorial Military Service AWMM
• World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM

Campaign

1915-1916 AWMM Gallipoli AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Medals and Awards

• 1914-1915 Star AWMM
• British War Medal (1914-1920) AWMM
• Victory Medal AWMM

Enlistment

WW1 07 Sep 1914 Military personnel file
Age  22 AWMM
Law Clerk/Civilian Military personnel file

Embarkation details

WW1 22 Dec 1914 AWMM
HMAT A32 - 22-Dec-1914 AWMM Vessel was Themistocles AWMM Second Lieutenant AWMM AIF, 2nd Battalion, 1st Reinforcement AWMM Australian Imperial Force (AIF) AWMM

Medical notes

Killed in Action, Cause of Death AWMM

Last rank

WW1 Second Lieutenant AWMM
Australian Imperial Force (AIF), 2nd Battalion AWMM

Death

25 Apr 1915 Military personnel file
Age  22 AWMM

Cause of death

Killed in Action AWMM

Cemetery

Gallipoli AWMM

Obituary

Obituary: Auckland Grammar School Chronicle, 1915 p. 10-11 AWMM

Memorial name

• Lone Pine Memorial, Lone Pine Cemetery, Anzac, Turkey AWMM
• Auckland Grammar School War Memorial, New Zealand AWMM
• Roll of Honour, College Rifles, Rugby Union Football & Sports Club, 33 Haast Street, Remuera, Auckland AWMM
• Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 1 Hall of Memories AWMM
• College Rifles Park, 33 Haast Street, Remuera, Auckland AWMM

Related objects

External links

• Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
  http://www.cwgc.org
  Sources Used
• Army General Staff file Territorial Force
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R22204961
  Further Reference
• Australian War Memorial. Roll of Honour.
  http://www.awm.gov.au/research/people/roll_of_honour/person.asp?p=572294.
  Further Reference
• National Archives of Australia military service record
  http://recordsearch.naa.gov.au/scripts/Imagine.asp?B=3492886
  Further Reference
• The New Zealand Heritage List. War Memorial, Auckland Grammar School, Mountain Road, Epsom, Auckland.
  http://www.heritage.org.nz/the-list/details/4472
  Further Reference
• Auckland University College Roll of Honour.
  http://www.specialcollections.auckland.ac.nz/ww1-centenary/roll-of-honour/search?page=385
  Further Reference

References

• Auckland Grammar School Chronicle. Auckland, N.Z.: Auckland Grammar School.
  Auckland Grammar School chronicle. 1915, Second term. p.10-11
• A.U.C. roll of honour, 1914 - 1920. MSS & Archives E-2, Special Collections, University of Auckland Libraries and Learning Services.
• Connolly, A., & Stanes, P. Rememberance: Auckland Grammar School Great War Roll of Honour. Vols 1 & 2. Auckland: Petand Prodctions.
• Roll of Honour, Auckland Province (digital copy), 1914 - 1919. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS-2016-2.
• AIF Peter Dennis, UNSW Canberra
• Harper, G., Clements, C., & Johns., R. (2019). For King and Other Countries: The New Zealanders Who Fought in Other Services in the First World War. Auckland, New Zealand: Massey University Press.