Basil Fred DAWSON

Regimental number10/1790
Date of birth14 July 1886
Place of birthInvercargill
ReligionMethodist
OccupationFarmer
Addressc/o H J Haynes, Napier Road, Palmerston North
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation28.5
Height5' 6.5"
Weight119 lbs
Next of kinMother, Mrs Eliza Dawson, corner Conon and Ettrick Streets, Invercargill
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date4 January 1915
Place of enlistmentTrentham
Rank on embarkationPrivate
Enlistment statusVolunteer
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 4th Reinforcements, Wellington Infantry Battalion
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on 17 April 1915
The 4th Reinforcements, Wellington Infantry Battalion, left New Zealand on board three ships (HMNZT 21 'Willochra', HMNZT 22 'Knight Templar', and HMNZT 23 'Waitomo'). It is not possible from the Nominal Roll to determine on which ship an individual embarked.
Final rankPrivate
Final unitWellington Infantry Regiment
FateKilled in Action 8 August 1915
Age at death from cemetery records31
Place of burialNo known grave
Commemoration detailsChunuk Bair (New Zealand) Memorial (Panel No 20), Gallipoli, Turkey
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records		Commemorated in Invercargill (Eastern) Cemetery. Parents: Ebenezer and Eliza Dawson, 70 Morton Road, Invercargill
Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli

Joined Bn, Gallipoli, 9 June 1915.

Wounded in action, 8 August 1915.

Note on file: 'All enquiries made England & Egypt. No trace.'

Now, 21 March 1916, listed as 'Missing believed Dead on or about 8 August 1915.'

War service: 217 days (of which 114 days were abroad)

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Miscellaneous detailsNominal Roll Vol. 1: Wellington Infantry Batln/Fourth
SourcesArchives New Zealand (Wellington), Agency AABK, Series 18805, File 20996120