Herbert Charles DICKINSON

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DICKINSON, Herbert Charles

Service Number:	3804
Enlisted:	1 September 1915, Melbourne, Vic.
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	24th Infantry Battalion
Born:	St. Arnaud, Victoria, Australia, 1895
Home Town:	Mildura, Mildura Shire, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Killed in Action, France, 19 February 1917
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Picardie, France
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Mildura Cenotaph, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France)

World War 1 Service

1 Sep 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3804, 24th Infantry Battalion, Melbourne, Vic.
8 Feb 1916:	Involvement Private, 3804, 24th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '14' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Warilda embarkation_ship_number: A69 public_note: ''
8 Feb 1916:	Embarked Private, 3804, 24th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Warilda, Melbourne

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Biography contributed by Faithe Jones

Son of William Dickinson, Lemon Avenue, Mildura, Victoria

PRIVATE H. C. DICKINSON.
Word has been received in St Arnaud by relatives of the death of Private Herbert C. Dickinson, third son or Mr. and Mrs. Dickinson, of Mildura, and formerly of St. Arnaud. Deceased enlisted about 12 months ago, and was on active service in France, where he was killed on the 19th February. He was 21 years of age, and a native of St Arnaud. Deceased's brother, Private George Dickinson, has been on active service since the beginning of the war, and was in the Gallipoli campaign.

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