The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
QX6542 Captain Colin William Clerk Dossetor, of the 6th Division, Royal Australian Engineers, met up with an Australian soldier with the same surname, NX53578 Lieutenant Ted Dossetor, Australian Engineers Training Battalion, (left), outside one of the tents. Captain Dossetor later served with the 1st Australian Paratroop Battalion and he was accidentally killed on 23rd August 1943 when making an experimental parachute jump and landed in the Cataract Dam in NSW and drowned. His brother, VX15789 Sgt Oliver R C Dossetor had been killed in action on 24 June 1941, while serving with 2/14th Battalion in Syria.
Studio portrait of QX6542 Captain Colin William Clerk Dossetor. Capt Dossetor had served with the 6th Division, Royal Australian Engineers in the Middle East. Later as a captain with 1st Australian Pa
Palestine. c. 1940. An informal portrait of two brothers, QX6542 Captain (Capt) Colin William Clerk Dossetor, of the 6th Division, Royal Australian Engineers, and VX15789 Sergeant (Sgt) Oliver R C Dos
Palestine. c 1940. Lieutenant Colonel L C Lucas (on the left) having tea with Gunner Read opposite. QX6542 Captain Colin W C Dossetor is in the background. Capt. Dossetor was later accidentally killed
Letter of 11 September 1945 from the Australian Military Force to the family of QX6542 Captain Colin William Clerk-Dossetor regarding the circumstances of his death during an experimental parachute ju
CATARACT DAM, NSW. C.1943-05. WING COMMANDER W. WETTON DFC (RAAF) FROM THE PARACHUTE BATTALION, MAKING AN EXIT FROM AN AIRCRAFT FOR A WATER-JUMP.
A soldier, visits the grave of VX15789 Sergeant (Sgt) Oliver R C Dossetor, 2/14th Battalion (2/14Bn) who is buried in the Beirut War Cemetery, Lebanon. The soldier paying respects is probably his brot
