ANZAC Heroes | Great War 1914 – 1918

Bunbury – Wellington District Western Australia

DOLLA, Carl

DOLLA, Carl

Full Name: Carl

DOLLA

Date of Birth: 07

–

1884

Place of birth: Singapore

Singapore

Occupation: Chef

Address: Alexandra Rest Bunbury WA

Next of Kin: Mother- Lair Dolla

Next of Kin Address: Barrack Street Singapore

Religion: Wesleyan

Service Number: 489

Rank: Private

Unit/Division: 16th Battalion

Enlistment Date: 1914-09-24

Enlistment Location: Helena Vale

Western Australia

Embarkation Port:

Embarkation Date: 1914-12-22

Embarkation Ship:

Disembarkation Port:

Disembarkation Date: 1915-02-03

Locations Served:

,

Returned: No

Discharge Date:

Cause of Death: DIED OF WOUNDS

Date of Death:

Place of Death: Gaba Tepe Gallipoli Turkey

Age at Death: 30

Burial Location: Memorialized Lone Pine Memorial Anzac Gallipoli- Panel No. 52.

24/09/1914- Completed Medical Examination at Blackboy Hill  WA
15/10/1914- Joined 16th Battalion ” B ” Company Blackboy Hill WA as Private
3/02/1915- To Overseas Training Base Egypt ex Australia
12/04/1915- Embarked Alexandria Egypt with Mediterranean Expeditionary Forces for Gallipoli Peninsula
25/06/1915- DIED OF WOUNDS ( Gunshot Wound Abdomen ) Received in Action Gallipoli- Buried at Sea 3 miles off Gaba Tepe Gallipoli- attended by Chaplain Rev. Lee Warner on H. S. ” Gascon “.

 

Service Medals Awarded

1914/15 Star – No. 15462

British War Medal – No. 7050

Victory Medal – No. 7024

Memorial Plaque/Scroll – No. 309564

 

Memorial Inscriptions

Lone Pine Memorial Anzac, Gallipoli – Panel No. 52

Australian War Memorial Canberra – Panel No. 79.

 

15/01/1921- Letter to Army Base Records from Will Beneficiary- Mrs Ada Lawson, Alexandra Rest Bunbury WA- Granted Probate Supreme Court of Western Australia – Received Personal Effects on 26/04/1916.
” I have to inform you that the late Carl Dolla  was an Egyptian having been born  on the River Nile.  When a boy he was kidnapped  by an English Professor and brought to England. On the death of the Professor, Dolla came to Australia, from what he told me. I concluded he was an orphan  when kidnapped. He certainly has no blood relations in Australia . I am sole beneficiary under his will and was Granted Probate by the Supreme Court of Western Australia “.

28/09/1922- Letter from Personal Friend- Mrs Dora Karl, Penang, Straits Settlements, Singapore who was awarded Soldier’s Service Medals, including Memorial Plaque/Scroll.
” The late No. 489- Dolla, Pte. Carl, 16th Battalion AIF is not related. The Soldier named was a dear personal friend  of my husband and myself, and in the course of his civilian life  spent his available spare time at our home.  The friendship which existed between us  was very deep, and it does not surprise me  that he wished me to be his Legatee.  I am not aware that his mother is alive , and the fact that I am mentioned  would appear to have been done by him , in the full intention that  I should receive his estate –  in the event of his mother  not being alive to inherit “.

 

 

Local I.D.- Bunbury Herald.