Isandlwana Survivor ?

Posts : 3038 Join date : 2009-03-03 Location : Devon

Came across this snippet from The Timaru Herald, Rōrahi XXX, Putanga 1445, 9 Haratua 1879, Page 3

Can anyone throw any light on Mr Dawson?

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Subject: Re: Isandlwana Survivor ? Sun Mar 14, 2010 12:09 pm

Never heard of him. But what a great account. I guess we can put hin down to another mystery person of the Zulu war. The battle must have shook him up enought for him to have travelled over 400 miles and cross ten rivers.

Posts : 3038 Join date : 2009-03-03 Location : Devon

I have check the Medal Roll and found a Captain / Paymaster Henry Coleridge Dawson, Army Pay Department.

Could this be the same man scratch

Can anyone tell me when Captain Dawson arrived in Zululand scratch

Subject: H.C Dawson Sun Mar 14, 2010 10:10 pm

hi graves,
I have just spent 2 hrs pouring through books looking for Dawson , the only mention is in " The Medal Roll "
Army Pay Dept . Dawson H.C " No Clasp " which means he didnt cross into Zland , so therefore could not
have been an Isandlwana survivor. As I did check " Englands Sons " which is a casualty and survivor roll of
Isandlwana and R.D by Julian Whybra bears no mention of Dawson at all .
cheers 90th.