Private William George Henry Dawson
Number: 25213
Company: 74th (Dublin) Company (New), 8th Battalion
ENLISTMENT
Date: 11 February 1901
Place: Dublin
Age: 20 years 6 months
Trade of calling: Shop assistant. Served four years as an apprentice in the seed trade with Hogg & Robertson, Dublin.
Place of birth: In the Parish of St Thomas, in or near the Town of Dublin, in the County of Dublin.
Family: Single. Father John Dawson, draper, mother Mary Anne Dawson (nee Carson), of 90 Drumcondra Road, Dublin.
Previous military service: No
Description: Height 5' 6". Complexion fresh, eyes grey, hair brown.
Religion: Presbyterian
ACTIVE SERVICE
Date to South Africa: 22 March 1901
Service medal, clasps and other awards: Queen's South Africa Medal. Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal, 1901 clasps.
DEATH
Date: 24 August 1901
Place: Rooikopjes
Cause: Wounds sustained the same day at Rooikopjes
Buried/ commemorated: Griquatown, later re-interred in West End Cemetery, Kimberley/ West End Cemetery Memorial, and St Andrew's Church Memorial, Dublin.
This page last updated 31 August 2024.