Rob Dawson

Rob Dawson was a keyboard/piano player who joined Augie March in early 2000 after playing on their first EP, "Thanks For The Memes", and then on their debut album "Sunset Studies". He was killed in a head-on collision near Bairnsdale, Gippsland Victoria, in the early afternoon of Tuesday January 2nd 2001. The driver of the other car also died; he was not known by Rob. Rob was not travelling with any other members of Augie March. Augie March frontman Glenn Richards said "Rob was a force of good will and Augie March will never be what it might have without him."