Reginald Henry Victor DOBBIE

Regimental number10/1470
Date of birth3 June 1886
Place of birthThickthorn, Norfolk, England
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationGardener
Address10 Milton Road, Napier
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation28
Height5' 4.75"
Weight126 lbs
Next of kinFather, Henry Dobbie, Ditchingham, Norfolk, England
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date20 December 1914
Place of enlistmentTrentham
Rank on embarkationPrivate
Enlistment statusVolunteer
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 3rd Reinforcements, Wellington Infantry Battalion
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board Tahiti on 14 February 1915
Final rankPrivate
Final unitWellington Infantry Regiment
FateKilled in Action 8 August 1915
Age at death from cemetery records27
Place of burialNo known grave
Commemoration detailsChunuk Bair (New Zealand) Memorial (Panel No 20), Gallipoli, Turkey
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Father: Henry Dobbie, Bungay, Suffolk, England
Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli

Joined Bn at Gallipoli, 9 May 1915.

Admitted to No 2 Australian Stationary Hospital, Mudros, 15 June 1915 (deafness); discharged to duty, 1 July 1915; rejoined Bn, 2 July 1915.

Wounded in action, 8 August 1915. Note on Form B103: 'No trace in England. All enquiries made in England and Egypt: no trace.'

'Now', 20 March 1916, 'reportedWounded & Missing. Believed Dead, Dardanelles, on or about 8 August 1915.'

War service: 237 days (of which 176 days were abroad)

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Miscellaneous detailsNominal Roll Vol. 1: Wellington Infantry Batln/Third
SourcesArchives New Zealand (Wellington), Agency AABK, Series 18805, File 20997516

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