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     Emily Eliza Ann Dawson was born on 21 March 1867 at Port Sorell, Tasmania, Australia.¹ She died on 6 October 1959 at Wellington, New Zealand, at age 92.

     Ethel Dawson was born on 3 May 1875 at Tasmania, Australia.

     As of 1862,her married name was Harvey.¹ Grace Theresa Dawson was born on 29 June 1862 at Tasmania, Australia.² She died on 30 July 1944 at Auckland, New Zealand, at age 82.^1,3

     Her married name was Mitchell. Hannah Thomasina Dawson was born in 1834.¹ She married Henry John Mitchell in 1853 at Launceston, Van Diemen's Land, Australia.

     Henry Oswald Dawson was born on 4 December 1872 at Port Sorell, Tasmania, Australia.¹ He died on 7 April 1955 at Invercargill, Southland, New Zealand, at age 82.

     Her married name was Button. Ida Victoria Dawson was born on 6 April 1867 at Tasmania, Australia. She married Charles Edmund Button, son of Thomas Chilton Button and Charlotte Parker, on 27 November 1889 at Tasmania, Australia. Ida Victoria Dawson died in 1954.

     James Henry Dawson was farmer /saw miller. He was born in 1835. He married Ann Sarah Thompson circa 1855. James Henry Dawson died in 1899.

     James William Taylor Dawson was born on 30 August 1864 at Tasmania, Australia.^1,2 He married Grace Marian Bradley in 1892 at New Zealand.^2,3 James William Taylor Dawson died on 3 August 1936 at Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand, at age 71. He was buried on 5 August 1946 at Linwood Cemetery, Block number: 28 Plot number: 66, Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand.²

     John Henry Dawson was born in 1835.

     Letitia Henrietta Dawson was born in 1839.

     Lilly Dawson was born on 3 October 1865 at Tasmania, Australia.

     Mabel Dawson was born on 16 April 1873 at Tasmania, Australia.

     Minnie Dawson was born on 10 March 1870 at Tasmania, Australia.

     Russell Henry Aubrey Dawson was born on 24 June 1878 at Tasmania, Australia.^1,2

     Her married name was Bonney. Sophia Dawson was born in 1832. She married Christopher Bonney, son of Henry Atkins Bonney and Anne Lowe, on 11 September 1855 at Port Sorell, Tasmania, Australia. Sophia Dawson died on 9 September 1893 at Kennington, New Zealand. She was buried on 11 September 1893 at Eastern Cemetery Invercargil, Invercargill, Southland, New Zealand.¹

     Her married name was Hart.¹ Amy Maud Dawson was born on 21 December 1863 at Tasmania, Australia.^2,1
She married Alfred Taylor Hart, son of Hon. William Hart and Mary Hussey, on 3 October 1888 at Tasmania, Australia.^1,2 Amy Maud Dawson died on 4 October 1948 at 'Wybra Hall', Mangalore, Tasmania, Australia, at age 84.

     William Dawson was born on 10 May 1810 at London, England. He married Anne Lydia Barrett before 1832 at Roscommon, Ireland. William Dawson Willliam's marriage to Anne Barrett displeased Sir William Dawson intensely and he banished his son and disowned him. William junior was admitted to the Grand Royal Arch Chapter of the Masonic Lodge of Ireland (no. 226 ), Dublin, on the 9th November 1831. (the original certificate is in the possession of Ian Thomas Gazzard WanakaN. Z. adescendant ). After William's brother drowned his father wroteto him and forgave him asking him to come back to inherit his brother's estate but William had not forgotten his hurt and refused to go. Later generations have tried to get possession of these estates but to no avail. in 1832. He was William was a Civil Engineer and worked on surveying the early English rail system. Moved to Tasmania as a Town Surveyor. William and Ann arrived in Van Diemen's Land in 1833 on the 'Cabotia' accompanied by baby Sophia. In 1856 William accompanied by a well known Tasmanian settle, Thomas Johnson, examined the Kentish Plains and they surveyed and opened up a road between there and the town of Tarleton. He later moved to Invercargill by 1861, in New Zealand, where he was Town Engineer. He built many bridges in the Southland area. Died in 1883 while holding the appointment of Town Engineer. in 1833. He died in 1883 at Invercargill, New Zealand.

     William Claude Dawson died on 25 November 1868.^2,1 He was born on 25 November 1868 at Tasmania, Australia.^1,2

     William Gordon Robert Dawson was born on 11 March 1877 at Tasmania, Australia.^1,2 He died on 1 March 1957 at Tasmania, Australia, at age 79.¹ His body was cremated on 2 March 1957 at Carr Villa Cemetery and Crematorium, Nunamina Avenue, Tasmania, Australia..Colonnade Wall, B 321 1/1 ANG CTF 2001.¹

     William Charles Dawson was born on 10 May 1838 at Kings Meadows, Launceston, Van Diemen's Land, Australia. He married Elisabeth Craw, daughter of Walter Craw and Jane Robertson, on 25 December 1860. William Charles Dawson died on 17 June 1881 at Tasmania, Australia, at age 43.

     Winnifred Elizabeth Dawson was buried at Tasmania, Australia. Her married name was Bushing. She was born on 18 August 1908.¹ She married Hilton Stewart Bushing, son of Louis John Bushing and Alice Ethel Tapp, on 27 December 1929 at St. Paul's Church of England, Fingal, Tasmania, Australia. Winnifred Elizabeth Dawson died on 13 June 1960 at age 51.¹

     Private Arthur Dawton lived at 2a James Place, Poplar, Borough of Tower Hamlets, London, England. He married Eleanor Florence Kinch, daughter of Alexander Kinch and Clara Graham Munting. Private Arthur Dawton was born in 1892. He served in an unknown place between 1914 and 1916. He died on 1 July 1916 at Laboissière, Somme, Picardie, France, in the Battle of the Somme. He was buried on 2 July 1916 at Thiepval Memorial Cemetery, France, Name appears on the Thiepval Memorial (Pier and Face 12D.)

     Arthur Alec Dawton was Awarded British Empire medal for bravery at Buckingham Palace at England. He was born on 26 June 1912 at Poplar, Borough of Tower Hamlets, London, England. He married Mabel Winifred Hatchman on 11 November 1934 at St Bennets, Stepney, London, England. Arthur Alec Dawton died on 10 December 1998 at Aston House Nursing Home, Hayes, Middlesex, England, at age 86 Pneumonia: also Alzheimers disease.