Service Details
Name:
 DAWSON
Given Name:
 FREDERICK STUART
Initials:
 F S
Trade:
 Commanding
Rank:
 Brigadier General
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Regiment:
 South African Infantry
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Unit:
 Brigade
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Unit 2:
 and Instructional & Administrative Staff, Union Defence Forces
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Date of Death:
 1920-10-26
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Age:
 46
Cause of Death:
 Died of enteric fever
Decorations:
 C M G, D S O and bar, Mentioned in Desptaches (four times)
Citations:
 ***Accepted by CWGC for War Grave Status & burial site under investigation
Additional
Information:
Husband of Mrs. E. L. Dawson, of Clifford Derme, Newent, Gloucestershire, England. Commanding Officer of the 1st SAI. Promoted to temporary Brigadier-General in December 1916, he took the command of the Brigade. In May 1917, he was appointed as additional ADC to HM King George V. Captured at Marrieres Wood on the 24th March 1918. Died in East Africa. DSO LG Sup 3 June 1918 pg 6462 - "King's Birthday". MID LG Sup 21 June 1916, pg. 6190, MID Sup 4 January 1917, vol. 29890, pg 262, MID LG Sup 1 June 1917, vol 30107 pg 5430, MID LG Sup 28 December 1917 pg. 13576
Commemoration
Country:
 Tanzania
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Cemetery:
 IRINGA CEMETERY
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