Richard Reginald Riley Dawe or Reg as he was usually known was born at Dalton near Gunning to Theodore and Elizabeth Jane née Clarke in 1896.
At 19, he enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force at Goulburn on 29 September 1915 and served in the 1st Battalion in France. He was wounded in action in August 1918 but resumed service before returning to Sydney on 14 May 1919.
At the time of his enlistme...
