Dowling, Donald Augustus

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M.B., B.S. (Adel.), D.P.H. : Lieutenant, 27th Battn., A.I.F., Gallipoli and France. Enlisting 10th September, 1914, and sailing 24th December, served as private and lance-corporal with 4th Australian Field Ambulance until August, 1916. Then sent to No. 6 Officers Cadet Battn., Balliol College, Oxford, and to Training Centre, Etaples, being commissioned 26th January, 1917. Was Platoon Commander, 27th Battn., wounded at Menin Road 20th September and in 1918 was Brigade Gas Officer, 7th Infantry Bde., returning in November on "1914 Leave". Early education at Adelaide High School.

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1895

Birth in Farina -- SA, Australia 7 July 1895
1903

Early education at Good Sisters of St Joseph School, Kadina, SA, Australia 1903
1904

Early education at Good Sisters of St Joseph School, Mount Barker, SA, Australia 1904
1908

Early education at Port Pirie High School, Port Pirie, SA, Australia 1908
1914

Military service as Lieutenant at Gallipoli --, Turkey ; France --, France 22 December 1914
1914

Enlisted 10 Sep 1914
1917

Wounded 20 Sep 1917
1919

Military award: 1914-15 Star on 1919
1919

Military award: British War Medal on 1919
1919

Military award: Victory Medal on 1919
1923

Tertiary education at Adelaide University, South Australia, SA, Australia 12 December 1923
1923

Tertiary education at Adelaide University, South Australia, SA, Australia 12 December 1923
1924

Medical Officer at South Australia -- SA, Australia 24 January 1924
1933

Tertiary education at University of Sydney, Camperdown, NSW, Australia 1933
1952

Appointed O.B.E. Order British Empire 1952
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Member of Australian Medical Association (AMA)
1979

Death in Brisbane -- QLD, Australia 8 March 1979

Gender

Male

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