Joseph Edgar DICKSON

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Service Number:	2689
Enlisted:	13 October 1916, Toowoomba, Queensland
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	41st Infantry Battalion
Born:	Brisbane, Queensland, 25 April 1891
Home Town:	East Brisbane, Brisbane, Queensland
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Killed in Action, Messines, Belgium, 31 July 1917, aged 26 years
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Brisbane 41st Battalion Roll of Honour, Toowoomba War Memorial (Mothers' Memorial), Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial

13 Oct 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2689, Toowoomba, Queensland
17 Nov 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2689, 41st Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '18' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Kyarra embarkation_ship_number: A55 public_note: ''
17 Nov 1916:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 2689, 41st Infantry Battalion, HMAT Kyarra, Brisbane
31 Jul 1917:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2689, 41st Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres

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