William AWMM

Dobson AWMM

WWI 8/1185 AWMM

Male AWMM

Unknown AWMM 50 Daniel Street, Wellington, New Zealand AWMM

Mrs Mary Dobson (wife), 50 Daniel Street, Wellington, New Zealand AWMM

Pre 16 October 1914 AWMM Married AWMM

World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM

1915-1916 Gallipoli AWMM

Army AWMM

WWI 8/1185 AWMM

British War Medal (1914-1920) AWMM

WW1 Unknown AWMM AWMM

WW1 16 October 1914 AWMM from Port Chalmers, Dunedin AWMM to Suez, Egypt AWMM

HMNZT 5 or HMNZT 9 AWMM Vessel was Ruapehu or Hawkes Bay AWMM Private AWMM Otago Infantry Battalion AWMM Main Body AWMM

Killed in Action, Cause of Death AWMM

WW1 Private AWMM
Otago Infantry Battalion AWMM

2 May 1915 AWMM
Age 52 AWMM
Gallipoli, Turkey AWMM

Killed in Action AWMM

Redoubt Cemetery, Helles, Turkey AWMM Special Memorial A. 43. AWMM

"News has been received of the death of Private William Dobson, Daniel Street, Wellington. Private Dobson joined the Main Expeditionary Force in Egypt, and was present in the earlier fighting in Gallipoli. In June Mrs. Dobson was advised that her husband was missing. Last week she received a letter from a member of the machinegun section of the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, who wrote:—"During out last spell in the trenches we came across several bodies lying in such an exposed position that previously it had been impossible to bury them safely. Among them we found your husband, and I am sure you will be pleased to hear that we buried him with due reverence and respect. In his pocket we found a hymn hook, which I am returning to you."
The hymn book was presented by Mrs. Dobson to her husband, and it was from that book the English soldier obtained her address. " Public - Sarndra - Researcher - 18 October 2015 - Paperspast portal via National Library of New Zealand website; Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2619, 15 November 1915, Page 6; http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=DOM19151115.2.33&srpos=2&e=-------10--1----0dobson+daniel+street--

• Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
  http://www.cwgc.org
  Sources Used
• Military personnel file
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/en-NZ/web/arena/search#/entity/aims-archive/R20997565
  Further Reference

• New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1914-1919). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Volume I. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
  Vol1: 191 AWMM
• Beattie, P.J. & Pomeroy, M. (2013-2020). Onward : portraits of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force (vols 1-5). Auckland, New Zealand: Fair Dinkum Publications AWMM
  Vol. 4: Includes portrait AWMM