DICK, Thomas McKail
| Service Number: | 3410 |
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| Enlisted: | 5 May 1917, Cadets, 2nd Infantry |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 14th Field Ambulance |
| Born: | Merewether, New South Wales, Australia, September 1897 |
| Home Town: | Merewether, Newcastle, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Shop assistant |
| Died: | Boat captized, Swansea Bar, Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia, 21 December 1919 |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Lost at sea |
| Memorials: | Merewether Memorial Gates |
World War 1 Service
| 5 May 1917: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3410, 36th Infantry Battalion, Cadets, 2nd Infantry | |
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| 2 Aug 1917: | Involvement Private, 3410, 36th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '17' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Miltiades embarkation_ship_number: A28 public_note: '' | |
| 2 Aug 1917: | Embarked Private, 3410, 36th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Miltiades, Sydney | |
| 15 Oct 1917: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, Army Medical Corps (AIF) | |
| 23 Dec 1917: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 14th Field Ambulance | |
| 23 Mar 1918: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 3410, 14th Field Ambulance, German Spring Offensive 1918, SW left buttock and face | |
| 10 Jun 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 3410, 14th Field Ambulance, 2nd MD |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Evan Evans
Gary Mitchell, Sandgate Cemetery.
Served and suffered during The Great War, died tragically, memorialised at Sandgate Cemetery.
101 years ago today, on the 21st December 1919, Private Thomas McKail Dick, 14th Australian Field Ambulance (stretcher-bearer), shop assistant (Hewit Bros, Ltd.), from 39 Railway Street, Merewether, New South Wales, was one of seven men that drowned off Swansea Bar when the Scotch Queen capsized.
Just 22 years of age, his body was never recovered.
Three men survived. Four of the other men who drowned were returned serviceman, two were twins. seven men drowned.
Born at Merewether, New South Wales 1897 to Andrew (died 1930) and Christina McKail (died 1954) Dick, Thomas enlisted May 1917 with the 36th Battalion at Newcastle, N.S.W.
Wounded in action - 22.3.1918 (GSW left buttock, severe, face - http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article159092070), Thomas was invalided home May 1919, being discharged on the 10th June 1919.
Mr Dick’s name has been inscribed on the Merewether Memorial Gates, Newcastle South Public School Roll of Honour (photo, unveiled on the 13th December 1918, 220 names now inscribed, 36 Fallen) and The Capt. Clarence Smith Jeffries (V.C.) and Pte. William Matthew Currey (V.C.) Memorial Wall.
Memorialised at his parent’s gravesite. PRESBYTERIAN-18NE. 60.
Lest We Forget.
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