John Albert DAWSON

Regimental number6/3297
AddressThree-Mile, Hokitika
Marital statusSingle
Next of kinMother, Mrs J Dick, Three-Mile, Hokitika
Rank on embarkationPrivate
Enlistment statusVolunteer
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 8th Reinforcements, Canterbury Infantry Battalion
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board Willochra on 13 November 1915
Final rankPrivate
Final unit13th Company, 1st Battalion, Canterbury Infantry Regiment
FateDied of disease 8 May 1916
Age at death from cemetery records21
Place of burialLonguenesse Souvenir Cemetery (Plot III, Row B, Grave No 12), St Omer, France
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Mother: the late Mary Louisa Dick, Hokitika, Westland
Other details

War service: Egypt, Western Front

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Miscellaneous detailsNominal Roll Vol. 1: Canterbury Infantry Batln/Eighth

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