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Major E. Dawson
Extract from the Rangoon Gazette, 1918 on the occasion of his retirement.
Retirement of Major E. Dawson
On December 2nd, according to an announcement in the Burma Gazette, Mr Ernest Dawson, District Judge, will retire from Civil work after a service of twenty-six years in the Burma Provincial Service, having joined it on July 19th 1892, as an Extra Assistant Commissioner.
He was born and educated in England and came out from home on appointment to the Provincial Service. His first posting was to Tharrawaddy as Treasury Officer and later when he became Sub-divisional Officer he filled various appointments in the province, including the Shan States and Moulmein. He came to Rangoon on transfer in June 1899 and became Western Sub-divisional Magistrate, which position he left to take part in the South African war. Being at the time, February 1900, a Captain in the Rangoon Volunteer Rifles he volunteered for service, joined Lumsden’s Horse, rose to the rank of Sergeant and saw service in South Africa. His health gave way and he went home on long leave, being awarded the Queen’s medal with three clasps.
He returned to Burma at the expiration of this leave as a civilian and was posted to Pagan as Sub-divisional Officer and Additional Judge of the District Court. After a period of special duty at Thaton in connection with the acquisition of the land required for the building of the Pegu-Moulmein extension of the Burma Railways, Mr Dawson was posted as Additional Judge of the District Court and Judge of the Small Cause Court at Moulmein and in 1905 went to Akyab as District Judge, where he remained until 1911, when he was sent back to Moulmein, this time as District Judge of Amherst and Thaton. In July 1915 Mr Dawson, having previously applied to be allowed to join the Indian Army Reserve of Officers, received a commission in it as Major, he being at the time Lieut.-Colonel in command of the Moulmein Volunteer Rifles, since become the 14th (Tenasserim) Battalion of the Indian Defence Force.
On joining the I.A.R.O. Major Dawson was posted as Cable Censor, Rangoon, where he has remained since. When the late Lord Kitchener was forming his new armies Major Dawson was offered a commission in one of the new regiments, but owing to the Local Government at that time being unable to spare his services he had to refuse. Although having reached fifty-five years, the age limit for retiring, Major Dawson while leaving civil does not leave military work as he is retained under the special order due to the war. A keen student of economics and the changes that the war has bought about, Major Dawson has given some very interesting lectures on these subjects and doubtless will be heard again on kindred subjects.
On December 2nd, according to an announcement in the Burma Gazette, Mr Ernest Dawson, District Judge, will retire from Civil work after a service of twenty-six years in the Burma Provincial Service, having joined it on July 19th 1892, as an Extra Assistant Commissioner.
He was born and educated in England and came out from home on appointment to the Provincial Service. His first posting was to Tharrawaddy as Treasury Officer and later when he became Sub-divisional Officer he filled various appointments in the province, including the Shan States and Moulmein. He came to Rangoon on transfer in June 1899 and became Western Sub-divisional Magistrate, which position he left to take part in the South African war. Being at the time, February 1900, a Captain in the Rangoon Volunteer Rifles he volunteered for service, joined Lumsden’s Horse, rose to the rank of Sergeant and saw service in South Africa. His health gave way and he went home on long leave, being awarded the Queen’s medal with three clasps.
He returned to Burma at the expiration of this leave as a civilian and was posted to Pagan as Sub-divisional Officer and Additional Judge of the District Court. After a period of special duty at Thaton in connection with the acquisition of the land required for the building of the Pegu-Moulmein extension of the Burma Railways, Mr Dawson was posted as Additional Judge of the District Court and Judge of the Small Cause Court at Moulmein and in 1905 went to Akyab as District Judge, where he remained until 1911, when he was sent back to Moulmein, this time as District Judge of Amherst and Thaton. In July 1915 Mr Dawson, having previously applied to be allowed to join the Indian Army Reserve of Officers, received a commission in it as Major, he being at the time Lieut.-Colonel in command of the Moulmein Volunteer Rifles, since become the 14th (Tenasserim) Battalion of the Indian Defence Force.
On joining the I.A.R.O. Major Dawson was posted as Cable Censor, Rangoon, where he has remained since. When the late Lord Kitchener was forming his new armies Major Dawson was offered a commission in one of the new regiments, but owing to the Local Government at that time being unable to spare his services he had to refuse. Although having reached fifty-five years, the age limit for retiring, Major Dawson while leaving civil does not leave military work as he is retained under the special order due to the war. A keen student of economics and the changes that the war has bought about, Major Dawson has given some very interesting lectures on these subjects and doubtless will be heard again on kindred subjects.