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About Tpr. William Joseph Dawbin
William Dawbin was the son of William and Juliana Dawbin, of Awahuri, Manawatu, New Zealand. The family immigrated to New Zealand in the late 1890s, They farmed firstly at Hunterville, Rangitikei district where William served in the Hunterville Mounted Rifles, 1905 - 1910. In 1912 they moved to Makino near Feilding. William was working as a farmer there for his father on his enlistment in 1914. He joined the Wellington Mounted Rifles and served in Gallipoli from the 12th - 27th May 1915. There he received a gunshot wound in his back which left him paralyzed from the waist down. He was evacuated to Netley Hospital in England with the understanding he was terminally ill. William died from pneumonia at Netley Hospital on the 22nd August 1915.
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- Cenotaph: https://www.aucklandmuseum.com/war-memorial/online-cenotaph/record/...
- New Zealand and World War One Roll of Honour: http://freepages.rootsweb.com/~sooty/genealogy/nzefrohD.html / Ref 8.4.2021
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Tpr. William Joseph Dawbin's Timeline
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April 23, 1888
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Butleigh, Mendip, Somerset, England (United Kingdom)
Somerset, England, Church of England Baptisms, 1813-1914
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May 22, 1888
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Butleigh, Mendip, Somerset, England (United Kingdom)
Somerset, England, Church of England Baptisms, 1813-1914
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August 22, 1915
Age 27
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Netley Hospital, [UK x Gallipoli], Netley Marsh, New Forest District, Hampshire, England (United Kingdom)
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August 22, 1915
Age 27
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Saint Andrew Churchyard, [5. I.], Compton Dundon, South Somerset, Somerset, England (United Kingdom)
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