James Thomas DIXEY

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Service Number:	7614
Enlisted:	9 February 1917, Place of enlistment - Adelaide, South Australia
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	5th Pioneer Battalion
Born:	Hobart, Tasmania, Australia, 23 February 1879
Home Town:	Norwood (SA), South Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Driver
Died:	Killed in Action, France, 29 September 1918, aged 39 years
Cemetery:	Hargicourt British Cemetery Plot I, Row L. Grave 11,
Memorials:	Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Payneham District Council Roll of Honor

9 Feb 1917:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 7614, Place of enlistment - Adelaide, South Australia
1 Apr 1917:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 43rd Infantry Battalion
1 May 1917:	Transferred AIF WW1, Sapper, Tunnelling Companies
8 Aug 1917:	Embarked AIF WW1, Sapper, 7614, Tunnelling Companies, Embarked on HMAT 'A68' Anchises from Sydney on 8th August 1917 disembarking Liverpool, England 3rd October 1917 via Colon Panama and Halifax Nova Scotia, then entrained to the Tunnelling Details Camp at Parkhouse.
7 Nov 1917:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 5th Pioneer Battalion
29 Sep 1918:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 7614, 5th Pioneer Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 7614 awm_unit: 5 Pioneer Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1918-09-29

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