Search results Next record Previous record English Māori Charles McBeath Dawson Born 29 October 1870 PDF Key details Service numberWWI 3/2989 AWMM Also known as Armed force / branchArmy AWMM Last rankWW1 Major/Military AWMM WarWorld War I, 1914-1918 AWMM South African War, 1899-1902 AWMM Enquire Lay a poppy Nominal Roll 39 , Page: 1 - No known copyright restrictions View gallery Hide sources Show empty fields Identity About Contribute › Title ForenamesCharles McBeath AWMM SurnameDawson AWMM Ingoa Also known as Service numberWWI 3/2989 AWMM GenderMale AWMM Iwi Hapū Waka Rohe Religion Images and documents Images Contribute › Documents Contribute › Civilian life About birth Contribute › Birth29 October 1870 AWMM Aberdeen, Scotland AWMM Date of birth Place of birth Birth notes Address before enlistment Post war occupation Next of kin on embarkationWW1 Mrs Mary Elizabeth Dawson (wife), Trelawney Road, Cotham Hill, Bristol, England AWMM WW1 Mrs Mary Elizabeth Dawson (wife), Trelawney Road, Cotham Hill, Bristol, England AWMM WW1 Mrs Mary Elizabeth Dawson (wife), Trelawney Road, Cotham Hill, Bristol, England AWMM Relationship statusPre 1914 AWMM Single AWMM Pre 21 August 1916 AWMM Single AWMM Service Wars and conflicts Contribute › WarWorld War I, 1914-1918 AWMM South African War, 1899-1902 AWMM CampaignSamoa AWMM 1914-1916 Egypt AWMM Armed force / branchArmy AWMM Service numberWWI 3/2989 AWMM Military serviceNew Zealand Medical Corps, Samoan Garrison AWMM New Zealand Medical Corps AWMM New Zealand Mounted Rifles AWMM Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers Military decorations Contribute › Medals and AwardsBritish War Medal (1914-1920) AWMM Victory Medal with oak leaf AWMM Mentioned in Despatches (MiD) AWMM MiD. 15 June 1919 for services during the priod 19 September 1918 to 31 January 1919 AWMM Training and Enlistment Contribute › Military training Branch Trade Proficiency EnlistmentWW1 Surgeon/Civilian AWMM WW1 Medical practitioner AWMM South Africa 6 April 1901 AWMM Physician and surgeon/Civilian AWMM Occupation before enlistment Age on enlistment Embarkations Contribute › Embarkation detailsWW1 Vessel was Gulf of Taranto AWMM Major/Military AWMM 2nd Embarkation AWMM WW1 from Auckland, New Zealand AWMM to Apia, Western Samoa AWMM Talune 21 August 1916 AWMM Captain/Military AWMM New Zealand Medical Corps AWMM New Zealand Expeditionary Force AWMM 3rd Embarkation AWMM WW1 Lieutenant Colonel/Military AWMM 5th Samoan Relief Force AWMM New Zealand Expeditionary Force AWMM 4th Embarkation AWMM South Africa 6 April 1901 AWMMGulf of Taranto AWMM Vessel was Talune AWMM Surgeon Captain AWMM New Zealand Expeditionary Force AWMM Prisoner of war Contribute › Capture details Days interned Liberation date Liberation Repatriation POW liberation details POW serial number Medical history Contribute › Medical notesHospital Diseases , Wounds, WWI AWMM Fever and pseudoangina, Samoa 1917 AWMM Last known rank Contribute › Last rankWW1 22 March 1919 AWMM Major/Military AWMM Biographical information Biographical information Contribute › Husband of Mary Elizabeth, married 26 July 1917.Principal Medical Officer, Samoan Garrison as Major then ammended to be Captain 12 November 1914, then temporary Major 24 November 1918.Gazetted Major January 1916.Temporary Lieutenant Colonel 13 January 1916.Granted sick leave and releived from all medical duties 8 May 1917.Attested for service in Egypt 21 July 1917; reverted to rank as Captain; discharged from occupying force.Address in 1922 was Medical department, Nukualofa, TongaEmbarkation details for Samoa in 1914 unknown (August 2010) AWMM Read more Death About death Contribute › Death Date of death Age at death Place of death Cause of death Death notes Cemetery Cemetery name Grave reference Obituary Memorial name Memorial reference Memorials Memorial Contribute › Memorial name Roll of Honour Remember Charles McBeath Dawson by laying a poppy. Charles Henry Dawson Charles Martin Dawson Charles McBeath Dawson Charles Richard Dawson Christopher Henry Dawson Lay a poppy for 2021 Leave a note Leave a tribute or memory of Charles McBeath Dawson Leave a note Contribute › Processing Sources Sources Contribute › External linksMilitary personnel file http://www.archway.archives.govt.nz/ViewFullItem.do?code=20996129 Further Reference Military Personnel File https://www.archway.archives.govt.nz/ViewFullItem.do?code=21095427&digital=yes Further Reference Military Personnel File https://www.archway.archives.govt.nz/ViewFullItem.do?code=24044556&digital=yes Further Reference DocumentsNew Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1917). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume II. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM 39: 1 AWMM New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1918). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume III. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. 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