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Pvt Percival William “Happy” Dawson

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Pvt Percival William “Happy” Dawson Veteran

Birth
Maryborough, Fraser Coast Region, Queensland, Australia
Death
28 Jan 1942 (aged 32)
Singapore
Burial
Kranji, North West, Singapore Add to Map
Plot
Coll. grave 23. E. 1-3.
Memorial ID
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Parents : Samuel & Hannah Dawson

Wife : Beatrice Dawson

Enlistment : 4 July 1940

Location : Warwick

State : Queensland, Australia

Battalion : 2/26 Infantry Battalion

Company : Head Quarter Company - Mortar Platoon

Service Number : QX11067

Cause of Death : Killed by sniper fire.

Place of Death : Jahore

Original Place : Namagu Estate. Jahore

Commemorated : Warwick, Queensland
in Australia .....**A.W.M. Canberra



**A.W.M. - Australian War Memorial


<<< Photo of A.I.F. Badge used with kind permission of Iain MacFarlaine. >>>


"When you go home,
Tell them of us, and say,
For your tomorrow,
We gave our today."



Parents : Samuel & Hannah Dawson

Wife : Beatrice Dawson

Enlistment : 4 July 1940

Location : Warwick

State : Queensland, Australia

Battalion : 2/26 Infantry Battalion

Company : Head Quarter Company - Mortar Platoon

Service Number : QX11067

Cause of Death : Killed by sniper fire.

Place of Death : Jahore

Original Place : Namagu Estate. Jahore

Commemorated : Warwick, Queensland
in Australia .....**A.W.M. Canberra



**A.W.M. - Australian War Memorial


<<< Photo of A.I.F. Badge used with kind permission of Iain MacFarlaine. >>>


"When you go home,
Tell them of us, and say,
For your tomorrow,
We gave our today."


Gravesite Details

Private, Australian Infantry. Age: 32.


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