Francis Isaac DICKSON

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DICKSON, Francis Isaac

Service Number:	2346
Enlisted:	22 June 1915, Keswick, South Australia
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	27th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Jamestown, South Australia, 11 June 1888
Home Town:	Jamestown, Northern Areas, South Australia
Schooling:	Jamestown Public School
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Killed in Action, Villers-Bretonneux, France, 3 July 1918, aged 30 years
Cemetery:	Adelaide Cemetery Villers-Bretonneux Plot III, Row G, Grave No. 23, Adelaide Cemetery, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France
Memorials:	Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Jamestown Presbyterian Church WW1 Honor Roll, Jamestown Soldier's Memorial Park Arch

World War 1 Service

22 Jun 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Keswick, South Australia
13 Oct 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2346, 27th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Themistocles embarkation_ship_number: A32 public_note: ''
13 Oct 1915:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 2346, 27th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Themistocles, Adelaide
Date unknown:	Involvement 27th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières

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Biography

Rootsweb ID: I416947 Birth Record: 11 June 1888 in Jamestown, South Australia

Father John Sydney Dickson and Mother Caroline Dickson (nee Flavel), Jamestown, South Australia.

Next of kin in service:
Brothers:
4104 - Morgan James Dickson
          Private in 27th Battalion
              9/8/1915 enlisted
            9/3/1916 embarked Port Adelaide onboard RMS Mongolia
              23/9/1918 returned to Australia

9/1822 Neil Stanley Dickson (MM)
              Lance Corporal - NZ, Otago Infantry Battalion
              1903 left Australia for New Zealand
              18/10/1915 enlisted
              8/1/1916     embarked NZ for Suez, Egypt
              22/10/1916 received Military Medal - gallantry in the field
              6/12/1917    discharged from service in NZ
19/11/1918 passed away from influenza / pneumonia
buried in:    Winton Cemetery, Winton, NZ

1536 - Frederick Roy Vincent Dickson
           10/9/1915 enlisted
           18/11/1915 embarked Port Adelaide, onboard HMAT A2 Geelong
           Private in 9th Light Horse Regiment
           22/12/1915 returned to Australia
           1/2/1920 passed away, buried in Jamestown Cemetery, South Australia

Cousins:
5324 - William Henry Clerke - from Solomontown, SA
           Private in 27th Battalion
           12/8/1916 embarked Port Adelaide, SA, on board HMAT A70 Ballarat
           Private in Australian Veterinary Corps
           3/3/1919 returned to Australia
           15/6/1955 passed away, buried in Port Pirie Cemetery

2611 - Richard Roy Clerke (also known under Clarke)
            Driver in 14th Australian Field Artillery Brigade
28/7/1915 enlisted
27/10/1915 embarked Port Adelaide, onboard HMAT Benalla A24
1/10/1917 died of wounds
            Menin Road South Military Cemetery, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium

Described on enlisting as 27 years old; single; 5’ 5” tall; 151 lbs; fair complexion;
brown eyes; fair hair; scar on left upper leg; Presbyterian.

18/6/1915 Passed medical examination – fit for service

22/6/1915 Enlisted at Keswick
as a Private in 5th reinforcements, 27th Infantry Battalion

14/10/1915 Embarked from Port Adelaide on HMAT Themistocles A32

15/1/1916 Taken on strength into 27^th Battalion at Tel-el-Kebir

15/3/1916 Alexandria

21/3/1916 Marseilles, France

31/3/1916 Morbeque

22/7–3/8/1917 On leave to England

20/11/1917 Sick to hospital – Gas Shell Poisoning

6/12/1917 Embarked to England on San Breydel – to hospital
Suffered from Laryngitis and Bronchitis from gas poisoning

7/1/1918 Furlo and No. 3 Com Depot Hurdcott

27/4/1918 Marched out to overseas training brigade

15/5/1918 Overseas to France – ex Sandhill Camp, Longbridge, Devrill

25/5/1918 rejoined Battalion - France

3/7/1918         killed in action
                      Buried Embankment British Cemetery
                      ¾ miles west of Villers-Bretonneux, France

19/12/1919 Exhumed from Embankment British Cemetery, Villers-Bretonneux

                      Re-interned in Adelaide Cemetery, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France
                      2 ½ miles south/southwest of Corbie.
                      Plot III, Row G, Grave No. 23

Service portrait courtesy of Mrs Kaye B Bottrall (Jamestown, S.A. - thank you for your contribution and all your years of work).

Sourced and submitted by Julianne T Ryan, 2 June 2014. Lest we forget.

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