Grave of Lieut. William Henry DAWKINS at Hell Spit Cemetery, Anzac Cove, Gallipoli, Turkey

            Place of birth - Rochester, Victoria
School - Melbourne High School, Melbourne, Victoria
Other training - School teacher at Kyneton, Victoria
Religion - Church of England
Occupation - Military student
Address - Leonora, Ferntree Gully, Victoria
Marital status - Single
Age at embarkation - 22
Next of kin - Father, A Dawkins, Ferntree Gully, Victoria
Previous military service - Royal Military College, Duntroon
Enlistment date - 14 August 1914
Rank on enlistment - Lieutenant
Unit name - 2nd Field Company Engineers
AWM Embarkation Roll number - 14/21/1
Embarkation details - Unit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board Transport A3 Orvieto on 21 October 1914
Rank from Nominal Roll - Lieutenant
Unit from Nominal Roll - 1st Division Engineers
Fate - Killed in Action 20 May 1915
Place of death or wounding - Gallipoli, Turkey
Age at death - 22.6
Place of burial - Beach Cemetery (Plot I, Row H, Grave No. 3), Gallipoli, Turkey
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial - 23
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records - Parents: Arthur and Eliza DAWKINS, Rowell Avenue, Camberwell, Victoria. Native of Rochester, Victoria
Family/military connectionsBrothers: 19121 Sapper Allan Stanley DAWKINS, 3rd Divisional Signal Company, returned to Australia, 22 December 1918; 18747 Corporal Arthur Lewis DAWKINS, 4th Sanitary Section, returned to Australia, 22 August 1919.

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli

Dawkins was the senior cadet in the original class to graduate (early) from RMC Duntroon and volunteer for overseas service with the AIF.
Sources - Judith Ingle, 'From Duntroon to the Dardanelles' (self published, 1995)

    



   

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