Dawson Fasene

Forenames

Dawson AWMM

Surname

Fasene AWMM

Also known as

• Fasene Dawson AWMM
• Fasine AWMM
• Fasene AWMM

Service number

WWI 16/1034 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Religion

Protestant, Christian AWMM

Birth

1892 Military personnel file Avatele Military personnel file

Address before enlistment

WW1 Pre Oct 1915 AWMM Avatele, Niue Island, Pacific Islands AWMM

Next of kin

WW1 Tosene (father), Avatele, Niue Island, Pacific Islands AWMM

Relationship status

1916 AWMM Single/WWI AWMM

War

World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

WWI 16/1034 AWMM

Medals and Awards

British War Medal (1914-1920) AWMM

Enlistment

WW1 30 Sep 1915 Military personnel file
Age  23 AWMM
Teacher/Civilian Military personnel file
Alofi Military personnel file

Embarkation details

WW1 05 Feb 1916-15 Mar 1916 Military personnel file from Auckland Military personnel file to Suez Military personnel file
HMNZT 44 Military personnel file Vessel was Navua AWMM Corporal/Military Military personnel file Rarotongans, Attached B Company Military personnel file 3rd Maori Contingent AWMM

Medical notes

• 30 Sept 1915 AWMM Height, WWI AWMM
  5 foot 9 inches AWMM
• 30 Sept 1915 AWMM Weight, WWI AWMM
  132 pounds AWMM
• 30 Sept 1915 AWMM Dental, WWI AWMM
  Good AWMM
• 27 Jun 1916 AWMM Hospital Diseases , Wounds, WWI AWMM
  Hospital Board report debility AWMM

Last rank

WW1 10 Sept 1916 Military personnel file
No longer physically fit for war service AWMM
Corporal/Military Military personnel file
New Zealand (Maori) Pioneer Battalion Military personnel file

Listed at Archives New Zealand as FASENE - [a.k.a. FASINE].

Brother of Falaoa Dawson (16/1044) and uncle of Dawson Falaoa (810740) AWMM

Memorial name

• Avatele War Memorial, Niue AWMM
• Alofi National Memorial, Niue AWMM

Related Serviceperson

External links

• Military personnel file
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R21002124
  Sources Used
• Avatele War Memorial, Niue
  https://nzhistory.govt.nz/memorial/avatele-war-memorial-niue
  Further Reference
• Alofi National Memorial, Niue
  https://nzhistory.govt.nz/memorial/alofi-national-memorial-niue
  Further Reference
• Casualty Department Nominal Rolls of Service Personnel Returning to New Zealand Index, Auckland Council Archives
  http://www.aucklandcity.govt.nz/dbtw-wpd/CityArchives/FamilyHistory/ACC080/searchnominal.htm
  Further Reference

References

• New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1917). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume II. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  25: 3
• Pointer, M. (2000). Tagi tote e loto haaku - My heart is crying a little : Niue Island involvement in the Great War, 1914-1918. Alofi, Niue ; Suva, Fiji: Government of Niue ; Institute of Pacific Studies, University of the South Pacific.
• Pointer, M. (2015). Niue 1774-1974 : 200 years of conflict and change. Dunedin, New Zealand : Otago University Press.
• Weddell, H. (2016). Soldiers from the Pacific : the story of Pacific Island soldiers in the New Zealand Expeditionary Force in World War One. Wellington, New Zealand : Defence of New Zealand Study Group.
• Soutar, M. (2019). Whitiki! Whiti! Whiti! E!: Maori In the First World War. New Zealand: David Bateman Ltd.
• Information kindly provided by family
• Pugsley, C. (1995). Te Hokowhitu a Tu : the Maori Pioneer Battalion in the first World War. Auckland, N.Z.: Reed.