DICKINSON, Jacob
| Service Number: | 4061 |
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| Enlisted: | 12 June 1917, 11th Reinforcements |
| Last Rank: | Sapper |
| Last Unit: | 4th Pioneer Battalion |
| Born: | Murree, Bengal, India, 12 November 1873 |
| Home Town: | Sandgate, Brisbane, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 15 March 1938, aged 64 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Bald Hills (Sandgate) Cemetery, Brisbane Region |
| Memorials: | Sandgate Honour Roll |
World War 1 Service
| 12 Jun 1917: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Sapper, 4061, 4th Pioneer Battalion, 11th Reinforcements | |
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| 1 Aug 1917: | Involvement Private, 4061, 4th Pioneer Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '5' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Medic embarkation_ship_number: A7 public_note: '' | |
| 1 Aug 1917: | Embarked Private, 4061, 4th Pioneer Battalion, HMAT Medic, Sydney | |
| 1 Feb 1918: | Embarked AIF WW1, Sapper, 4061, 4th Pioneer Battalion, per HT Balmoral Castle | |
| 15 May 1918: | Discharged AIF WW1, Sapper, 4061, 4th Pioneer Battalion |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Chris Buckley
Jacob was the youngest of three children of Jacob Dickinson Snr (born 1839 in Lincolnshire, England) and Mary Ann O'Connell (born 1840 in Scotland). Jacob Snr served with the British Army 55th Foot as a Private (Regimental No: 1528) from 1857 to 1877 and married Mary in County Cork in Ireland in 1861. Jacob's and Mary's three children were born in India, and in 1878 the family immigrated to Brisbane, QLD. Mary died in 1891, and Jacob Snr, working as a Carpenter in Brisbane, QLD, died in 1911.
Jacob had lived in Brisbane, Nabour and Maleny working as a Labourer, House Painter and Fisherman before marrying Mary Ellen O'Leary (born 1892 in Toowoomba, QLD) in 1915 in Sandgate, QLD.
Jacob and Mary were living in Sandgate in 1916 and Jacob was working as a Labourer when he enlisted in the AIF in June 1917. Jacob served with 11th Reinforcements 4th Pioneer Battalion as a Sapper in France before being Discharged in May 1918 on medical grounds. Jacob had previously served with the Moreton Regiment, Brisbane.
Jacob's brother John Thomas served with 8th Reinforcements 25th Infantry Battalion as a Private (3491) and died in 1917.
Jacob returned to Sandgate, QLD, working as a Fisherman and Labourer until his death in 1938. Mary died in 1923.