Frederick Haughton Dawson

Frederick Haughton Dawson

Personal Information
Date of Birth	25 Sep 1923
Place of Birth	Armadale, Western Australia
Death	24 Jul 2015, aged 91
Place of Death	Port Kennedy, Western Australia
Age at Enlistment	18 years, 11 months
Description	6' (1.83m) tall ; ; dark complexion ; brown eyes ; brown hair
Occupation	Dairy farmer
Religion	Church of England
Address	Leura Farm, East Carnarvon, Western Australia
Next of Kin	Father , Mr. Frederick A. Dawson
Military Information
Reg Number	W47665 & WX39062
Date of Enlistment	15 Aug 1942
Rank	Private
Unit/Formation	2/16th Australian Infantry Battalion
Post War Details
Medals	1939-45 Star Pacific Star War medal 1939-45 Australian Service Medal 1939-45 Australian Service Medal 1945-75

War Service

Fred's initialy enlistment was with the 11th (North West) Battalion VDC until 30 May 1942. He transferred to the CMF's "E" Company 29th Australian Garrison Battalion in Carnarvon on 16 Mar 1942 in a part time role, but on 16 Mar 1943 he was mobilised full time. On 3 Jun 1942 Fred transferred to the 29th Australian Garrison Battalion at Port Hedland, and then on 1 Dec 1942 he wastransferred to the 19th Australian Garrison Battalion. On 15 Aug 1942 he was allocated a new Army Number - WX39062. From 23 Nov 1942 Fred attended an Infantry Section Leaders course until 30 Dec 1943 run by the 3rd Australian Corps School at Harvey. Although he tried hard, he failed to reach the standard required (youhtfulness?). On 7 Apr 1944 Fred was appointed Lance Corporal. He appears to have spent all is time to this point in the North West as on 16 Oct 1944 he embarked on SS Koolinda for Carnarvon.

On 8 Dec 1944 he was posted to the Australian Reinforcement Training Battalion (Jungle Warfare), travelling there by train to be trained by the 28th Australan Infantry Training Battalion. On 4 Apr 1945 he transferred to the 1st Australian Army Reinforcement Depot, and they in turn placed him aboard SS Ukanemeda for Morotai, and island west of Borneo

2/16th Australian Infantry Battalion 1944 - 45

Atended an Infantry Section Leaders course to 30 Dec 1943 run by the 3rd Australian Corps School at Harvey. Although he tried hard, he failed to reach the standard required (youhtfulness?)

NEI 2 May 1945 - 10 Jan 1946

On 22 Jan 1946 Fred volunteered to remain in the Army for an additional six months Discharged 29 Jul 1946

Post War

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