DIXON, Frederick
| Service Numbers: | 1697, 8852 |
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| Enlisted: | 17 June 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 53rd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | West Ham, Kent, England, 1896 |
| Home Town: | Albany, Albany, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Westlean School, Kent, England |
| Occupation: | Farm Labourer |
| Died: | Killed In Action, France., 19 July 1916 |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" |
| Memorials: | Albany St John's Anglican Church Great War Honour Roll, Albany War Memorial, V.C. Corner Australian Cemetery Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 17 Jun 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1697 | |
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| 23 Jul 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1697, 28th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '16' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Demosthenes embarkation_ship_number: A64 public_note: '' | |
| 23 Jul 1915: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 1697, 28th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Demosthenes, Fremantle | |
| 31 May 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 53rd Infantry Battalion, Allotted new SN 8852 | |
| 19 Jul 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 8852, 53rd Infantry Battalion, Fromelles (Fleurbaix) |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
53rd Bn.Australian Infantry, A.I.F.
Birth registration not found for Erith[as per CWGC] but at attestation Frederick gave his birth place as West Ham Woolwich. Woolwich is on the south side of te River Thames, almost opposite West Ham. It is likely he was born in West Ham in 1896 and possibly that he had a middle name
He also served under Service Number 8852.
He was 20 and the son of Edward George and Amelia Jane Dixon, of Campbell Rd., Albany, Western Australia. They appear to have previously lived at 58 North Place, Northumberland Heath. [Northumberland Heath is a neighbourhood and electoral ward in the London Borough of Bexley, south east London, England. Northumberland Heath is often referred to locally as "North' Heath" and is often considered to be part of upper Erith.]
Enlisted 17 June 1915.
Unit name-28th Battalion, 2nd Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number 23/45/2
Age at embarkation 19
Unit embarked from Fremantle, Western Australia, on board HMAT A64 Demosthenes on 23 July 1915
Regimental number from Nominal Roll 8852
Unit from Nominal Roll 53rd Battalion
Honoured on the Bexley Roll of Honour.
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