DYER, Augustine Edward
| Service Number: | 11956 |
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| Enlisted: | 18 October 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 9th Field Ambulance |
| Born: | St Leonards, New South Wales, Australia, 1886 |
| Home Town: | North Sydney, North Sydney, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Marist Brothers College, Hunters Hill, New South Wales, Australia |
| Occupation: | Bank clerk |
| Died: | Killed in action, France, 8 April 1917 |
| Cemetery: |
Pont-de-Nieppe Communal Cemetery Plot II, Row C, Grave No. 2. |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Sydney Commonwealth Bank of Australia Great War Honour Roll, Townsville 9th Field Ambulance Honour Roll |
World War 1 Service
| 18 Oct 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 11956, 9th Field Ambulance | |
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| 11 May 1916: | Involvement Private, 11956, 9th Field Ambulance, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '23' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Argyllshire embarkation_ship_number: A8 public_note: '' | |
| 11 May 1916: | Embarked Private, 11956, 9th Field Ambulance, HMAT Argyllshire, Sydney | |
| 8 Apr 1917: | Involvement 11956, 9th Field Ambulance, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 11956 awm_unit: 9th Australian Field Ambulance awm_rank: Lance Sergeant awm_died_date: 1917-04-08 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Stephen Brooks
Lance-Sergeant Dyer, was educated at Marist Brothers, Hunters Hill and the Sydney University, and was on the staff of the Government Savings Bank, in charge of city and suburban loans, when he enlisted.
Lance Sergeant Augustine Dyer, of North Sydney, was killed in action in France on Easter Sunday, April 1917 and it occurred as he was returning from having taken a wagon load of rations to one of the advanced dressing-stations. A 5.9-inch shell exploded, and killed him and two mates, Private James Bridson and Private Samuel Ernest Porter, both of Sydney, all members of the 9th Field Ambulance. The horses attached to the wagon were uninjured. All three were buried in the Pont-de-Nieppe Communal Cemeter.
The officer commanding the 9th Field Ambulance of which Sergeant Dyer was a member wrote to his father, Mr. Augustine E. Dyer, “Your son was very popular among the Officers, non-commissioned officers, and men of his unit, and he and his work were highly thought of by us. Only a few months ago I took the opportunity of promoting him to lance-sergeant in recognition of the excellent work he had done and was doing. His soldierly bearing and open manly ways were an outward reflection of his fine and upright character, and the example he set among the N.C.O.'s in the cheerful and thorough performance of his duties was always apparent.”
Dyer’s mother filled out his Roll of Honour form, “He was as good a son as is possible to imagine, beloved by all with whom he came into contact. A good practical Catholic. He took part in most branches of Athletics, well known to all the members of the Mercantile Rowing Club of his day.”
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