DYKE, Percy Wilson
| Service Number: | 10236 |
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| Enlisted: | 1 March 1916, Miraboo North, Vic. |
| Last Rank: | Driver |
| Last Unit: | 10th Field Company Engineers |
| Born: | Alambee, Victoria, Australia, 3 February 1891 |
| Home Town: | Mirboo North, Latrobe - Victoria, Australia, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Coast Road Primary School (Berry’s Creek), Allambee South Primary School |
| Occupation: | Farmer |
| Died: | Natural Causes, Fitzroy, Victoria, Australia, 18 November 1975, aged 84 years |
| Cemetery: |
Mirboo North Cemetery, Victoria, Australia Monumental Section N 54 |
| Memorials: | Mirboo North Cemetery Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 1 Mar 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Driver, 10236, 10th Field Company Engineers, Miraboo North, Vic. | |
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| 20 Jun 1916: | Involvement Driver, 10236, 10th Field Company Engineers, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '5' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Runic embarkation_ship_number: A54 public_note: '' | |
| 20 Jun 1916: | Embarked Driver, 10236, 10th Field Company Engineers, HMAT Runic, Melbourne |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Daryl Jones
Son of Martin DYKE and Alice Matilda nee JARVIS
Albert and Percy Dyke were the sons of Martin Dyke, born in Belfast (Port Fairy), who married Alice Jarvis in 1880 in Hamilton. They lived in Macarthur before moving to Narracan in 1882 and then to Thorpdale in 1887. He is listed as a farmer at Thorpdale in the 1888 Victoria Directory. The family, including 5 children (James, Samuel Francis, Ethel and Annie) moved to Allambee South in 1889 where Albert was born and his brother Percy (Percival) in 1891. There were two further children Cecil and Elsie. Martin continued to farm despite his official occupation, being listed in the Electoral Rolls as that of a stainer (1903-1909) and butcher (1912). According to Sandra Rickard “Allambee South, a Road to Remember”, he opened the butchers shop in the main street of Mirboo North in 1907. In 1916 he purchased 2000 Romney Marsh Cross Ewes from Shepparton, the sheep being brought down by train to the Mirboo North Railway Station. Albert and Percy commenced their education at the Coast Road Primary school (Berry’s Creek) before transferring to the Allambee South Primary School when it opened on Agnes Smith’s property in 1900. The school became a half time school with Hallston due to lack of pupils in 1908.
At the time of their enlistment, both Albert (aged 27) and Percy (aged 25) list their occupation as “farmer”. Percy 6’ brown hair and blue grey eyes. They underwent initial training in Seymour, before embarking for England on 20th June 1916, arriving in Plymouth on the 10th August to become Drivers for the 10th Field Company Engineers.
Albert and Percy departed England May 1919 and returned to Australia on the Nestor, disembarking on 2nd July 1919. They returned to their farming occupations living in Allambee South, running neighbouring farms.
Percy married Maud Perrin. They had one son. Percy died in 1976 aged 85 and is also buried at Mirboo North
Courtesy of Avenel Jane
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