Albert Dowding
(Confirmed)
Born: 17 April, 1883
Died: 5 June, 1918
Biographical Summary:
Member of the Mosman Rowing Club. His place of residence at time of enlistment unknown but his parents were residents of Leichhardt.
He was wounded in action at Gallipoli on 29 May 1915 while serving with the 13th Battalion. He re-joined the battalion at Gallipoli on 13 November 1915.
After the withdrawal from Gallipoli, in March 1916 he joined the 24th Australian Depot Unit of Supply where he remained until attending officer training at Cambridge University between February and May 1917. After his appointment as a Second Lieutenant, he joined the 34th Battalion, AIF in July 1917.
He died at the 5th Casualty Clearing Station on 5 June 1918 from wounds received six days earlier while commanding a work party near Villers-Bretonneux. [JSB]
Recorded Names:
Service Number: 373
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Organisations:
- Member of - 13th Battalion, AIF
- Member of - 24th Australian Depot Unit of Supply
- Member of - 34th Battalion, AIF
Main Sources:
- Dowding Albert SERN Lieutenant 373 POB Leichhardt NSW POE Rosehill NSW NOK S Dowding Caroline NAA file (Webpage)
- ROWING AT THE FRONT AND GOING (Newspaper Article)
- Find War Dead DOWDING ALBERT (Webpage)
- ROLL OF HONOR (Newspaper Article)
- ROWING Wounded at the Dardenelles (Newspaper Article)
- Red Cross Wounded and Missing Albert Dowding (Webpage)
- Group portrait of the officers of the 34th Battalion at Meteren From left to right back row Lt Albert Dowding died of wounds 5 June 1918 Front row photograph (Webpage)
- First World War Embarkation Rolls Alber Dowding (Website)
Commemorations:
- DOWDING A. on the West Face of the
- DOWDING on the Mosman Rowing Club Roll of Honour 19141918