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2nd Lt. · 2 Infantry Battalion, Australian Imperial Force

John Wilfred Dabbs

† 06/09/1916 · aged 26 · Australia · Railway Dugouts Burial Ground (Transport Farm) (Zillebeke), VI.M.10

Personal data

NameDabbs
InitialsJ.W.
Christian nameJohn Wilfred
Date and place of birthGrove Vale, Great Barr, Staffordshire; 13.03.1889
Country of serviceAustralia
AddressGrenfell, New South Wales, Australia
ProfessionFitter
FamilySon of William Arthur and Alice Maud (nee Stevens) Dabbs, of Raglan Rd., Smethwick, England

Military data

Rank2nd Lt.
Regiment / Unit2 Infantry Battalion, Australian Imperial Force
Date of death
Age26
Cemetery / MemorialRailway Dugouts Burial Ground (Transport Farm) (Zillebeke), VI.M.10

Other information

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M.M.
Information 2
'The John Lawrence Lamp' - Harborne Branch. Endowed on 19.09.1928. First lit on 27.04.1929 at The Great Hall of Church House, Westminster, by H.R.H. the Prince of Wales. "In memory of John Wilfred Dabbs, M.M., 2nd Lt., 1st A.I.F., killed in France, 6.9.1916; and of Lawrence Ernest Dabbs, L/Cpl., 1/1st Worcestershire Yeomanry, killed in Palestine, 15.11.1917" (Donated by their father).

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Roll of the Lamps of Maintenance of Toc H, 1922-1936