John Dobson

Forenames

John AWMM

Surname

Dobson AWMM

Service number

WWI 12158 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Birth

24 Aug 1875 Kiwi Jocks Research
Laird Germain, Tranet AWMM

Next of kin

Mrs M. Dobson (wife), River Street, Karangahake, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM

War

World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

WWI 12158 AWMM

Enlistment

WW1 Unknown AWMM Miner/Civilian AWMM

Embarkation details

WW1 06 May 1916-21 Jun 1916 AWMM
HMNZT 52 or HMNZT 53 AWMM Vessel was Mokoia or Navua AWMM Sergeant AWMM 3rd Reinforcements, 3rd Battalion, G Company AWMM New Zealand Rifle Brigade AWMM

Medical notes

Killed in Action, Cause of Death AWMM

Last rank

WW1 Sergeant AWMM
New Zealand Rifle Brigade, 2nd Battalion AWMM

John Dobson was the son of John and Catherine Dobson, of Heriot, Scotland; husband of Margaret Stevenson Dobson, of Baillie St., Thames, New Zealand.

Next of Kin: Mrs M. S. Dobson, Thames, Auckland (Roll of Honour, Auckland Province 1914-1918 (Volume 1)) AWMM

Death

5 Apr 1918 AWMM
Age  42 AWMM

Cause of death

Killed in Action AWMM

Cemetery

Euston Road Cemetery, Colincamps, Somme, France AWMM III. A. 6. AWMM

Memorial name

Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 1 Hall of Memories AWMM

Related objects

External links

• Military personnel file
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R20997715
  Further Reference
• A Street Near You record
  https://astreetnearyou.org/person/524667/-
  Further Reference
• Commonwealth War Graves Commission Casualty record
  https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/524667
  Further Reference
• New Zealand War Graves Trust
  https://www.nzwargraves.org.nz/
  Further Reference

References

• Austin, W. (1924). The official history of the New Zealand Rifle Brigade (The Earl of Liverpool's Own). Wellington, N.Z.: L T Watkins.
• New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1917). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume II. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  31: 19
• Beattie, P.J. & Pomeroy, M. (2013-2020). Onward : portraits of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force (vols 1-5). Auckland, New Zealand: Fair Dinkum Publications
  Vol. 1: Includes portrait
• Roll of Honour, Auckland Province (digital copy), 1914 - 1919. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS-2016-2.
• Kiwi Jocks or Scottish-born New Zealand soldiers in the NZEF. Information kindly provided by Andrew Nixon, Scotland between 2009 and 2010.