English Māori Edwin John Dobson Died 6 April 1945 PDF Key details Service number12958 AWMM Also known as Armed force / branchArmy AWMM Last rankSergeant AWMM New Zealand Armoured Corps, Long Range Desert Group AWMM WarWorld War II, 1939-1945 AWMM Enquire Lay a poppy Portrait, Weekly News - This image may be subject to copyright View gallery Hide sources Show empty fields Identity About Contribute › Title ForenamesEdwin John AWMM SurnameDobson AWMM Ingoa Also known as Service number12958 AWMM GenderMale AWMM Iwi Hapū Waka Rohe Religion Images and documents Images Contribute › Documents Contribute › Civilian life About birth Contribute › Birth Date of birth Place of birth Birth notes Address before enlistmentUnknown AWMM Care of Mr N. Forbes, Grady Street, Blenheim, New Zealand AWMM Post war occupation Next of kin on embarkationMiss L.M. Dobson (sister), care of Mr N. Forbes, Grady Street, Blenheim, New Zealand AWMM Relationship statusUnknown AWMM Single AWMM Service Wars and conflicts Contribute › WarWorld War II, 1939-1945 AWMM Campaign Armed force / branchArmy AWMM Service number12958 AWMM Military service Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers Military decorations Contribute › Medals and Awards Training and Enlistment Contribute › Military training Branch Trade Proficiency EnlistmentWW2 Unknown AWMM Labourer/Civilian AWMM Blenheim, Marlborough AWMM Occupation before enlistment Age on enlistment Embarkations Contribute › Embarkation detailsWW2 Acting Quartermaster Sergeant/Military AWMM 2 Divisional Cavalry AWMM Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Third Echelon AWMM Prisoner of war Contribute › Capture detailsWW2 25 October 1943 AWMM WW2 POW - Stalag VIII-B (later 344), Lamsdorf, Poland 2NZEF, Germany and German occupied territories : imperial prisoners of war alphabetical list : section 4. N.Z. 1945. 2NZEF, Germany and German occupied territories : imperial prisoners of war alphabetical list : section 4. N.Z. 1945. Days interned Liberation date Liberation Repatriation POW liberation details POW serial numberWWII 35876 AWMM Medical history Contribute › Medical notesKilled or died while a Prisoner of War, Cause of Death AWMM Died whilst Prisoner of War AWMM Last known rank Contribute › Last rankSergeant AWMM New Zealand Armoured Corps, Long Range Desert Group AWMM Biographical information Biographical information Contribute › Edwin Dobson was the son of Henry Bruce Dobson and Emily Daisy Houghton Dobson (nee Cawte), of Blenheim, New Zealand. AWMM Death About death Contribute › Death6 April 1945 AWMM Age 35 AWMM AWMM Date of death Age at death Place of death Cause of deathKilled or died while a Prisoner of War AWMM Death notes CemeteryHanover War Cemetery, Hannover, Niedersachsen, Germany AWMM 9. A. 12. AWMM Cemetery name Grave reference Obituary Memorial name Memorial reference Memorials Memorial Contribute › Memorial nameMarlborough War Memorial, Second World War Panel AWMM Roll of Honour Remember Edwin John Dobson by laying a poppy. Edward Charles Dobson Edwin Dobson Edwin John Dobson Ernest Austin Dobson Ernest Douglas Dobson Lay a poppy for 2021 Leave a note Leave a tribute or memory of Edwin John Dobson Leave a note Contribute › Processing Thinking of you and your great sacrifice. Not forgotten. Public - Gaylene - Other Relative - 26 April 2015 Report Related objects List of 2NZEF Prisoners of War Library / Pictorial › manuscripts and archives MS-2009-8 Sources Sources Contribute › External linksCommonwealth War Graves Commission record https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/2198563 Sources Used DocumentsSecond New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1941). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 3 (Embarkations from 1st July, 1940 to 31st March, 1941). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM WW2 3: WW2 125 AWMM List of 2NZEF Prisoners of War. 1941-1945. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS 2009/8. AWMM Great Britain Army. (1945). Germany and German occupied territories : imperial prisoners of war alphabetical list : section 4. London, U.K.: Government Printer. AWMM Loughnan, R. (1963). Divisional Cavalry. Wellington, N.Z.: Department of Internal Affairs, War History Branch. AWMM Contributors Processing Command item Command item Add new record Refresh DateFirst namesLocationRelationshipContact 26 April 2015GayleneBlenheimOther Relative The development of the Online Cenotaph is an ongoing process; updates, new images and records are added weekly. In some cases, records have yet to be confirmed by Museum staff, and there could be mistakes or omissions in the information provided. Online Cenotaph Data by Auckland War Memorial Museum is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License