Bernard Patrick Dawson
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DAWSON, Bernard Patrick
Service no: 2125 [1]
Place of birth: Orange, 12 August 1887
Address: c/- Kate Dawson, Queens Road, Woollahra
Occupation: Letter carrier
Next of kin: Catherine Anne (Kate) Dawson (sister), Queens Road, Woollahra
Date of enlistment: 16 April 1915
Place of enlistment: Liverpool
Age at enlistment: 26
Fate: Embarked HMAT A63 Karoola, Sydney, 16 June 1915. Joined 2nd Battalion, Gallipoli, 6 August 1915. Reported missing in action 7 August 1915. Declared killed in action, Gallipoli, Turkey on 6 August 1915 following board proceedings dated 24 August 1915.
Date of death: 6 August 1915
Buried: Lone Pine Cemetery, Gallipoli, Turkey
Bernard Patrick Dawson was born in Orange in 1887 to James Dawson and his wife Mary (nee McConville). A sister, Catherine, was born two years later. It is not known how long the family remained in Orange; by the time Bernard enlisted in April 1915 both his parents had passed away and he was working as a postman in Drummoyne.
Private Dawson’s war career was very brief; lasting just under four months. He embarked from Sydney in June 1915 and joined the 2nd Battalion at Gallipoli on 6 August. The following day he was reported missing in action. This was upgraded to killed in action following board proceedings that took place on 24 August 1915.
Bernard is commemorated in the Drummoyne War Service Record [2] and the Baptistry Memorial at St Mark’s Catholic Church at Drummoyne.
