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DICKERSON, James

Service Number:	392
Enlisted:	19 October 1914, Guildford, Western Australia
Last Rank:	Trooper
Last Unit:	10th Light Horse Regiment
Born:	Gingin, Western Australia, 10 November 1883
Home Town:	York, York, Western Australia
Schooling:	York District School, Western Australia
Occupation:	Horse-breaker
Died:	Died of wounds, At sea aboard HMHS Devanha,, 30 August 1915, aged 31 years
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Buried at Sea
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Gingin ANZAC Centennial Wall of Remembrance, Kings Park 10th Light Horse Regiment Memorial WA, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing, York District Great War Honour Board, York War Memorial

World War 1 Service

19 Oct 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Guildford, Western Australia
17 Feb 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 392, 10th Light Horse Regiment, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '3' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Surada embarkation_ship_number: A52 public_note: ''
17 Feb 1915:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 392, 10th Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Surada, Fremantle
30 Aug 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Trooper, 392, 10th Light Horse Regiment, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 392 awm_unit: 10 Light Horse Regiment awm_rank: Trooper awm_died_date: 1915-08-30

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Biography

Son of Mary Elizabeth BANYUP and George DICKERSON