DIGNEY, Isaac Alfred
| Service Number: | 3978 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 12th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Timboon, Victoria, Australia, 1875 |
| Home Town: | Timboon, Corangamite, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Timboon State School, Victoria, Australia |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Died of wounds, France, 23 July 1916 |
| Cemetery: |
Puchevillers British Cemetery, France II A 7, Puchevillers British Cemetery, Puchevillers, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Hobart Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 24 Nov 1915: | Involvement Private, 3978, 12th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: RMS Orontes embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: '' | |
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| 24 Nov 1915: | Embarked Private, 3978, 12th Infantry Battalion, RMS Orontes, Melbourne |
Correction to story of Alf Digney
Alf was actually immortalised as Alf Jennings not Dick the Dasher as I previously wrote. He fought with Dick The Dasher, who was actually Archie Drummond.
Ref.” The man from Curdies River. OR WHERE MEN WERE MADE” by Donald Maclean
Submitted 23 June 2021 by Ellen Magill
Alf Digney
Alf Digney was immortalised in the Story of “ The Man from Curdies’s River” as the character Dick The Dasher. A larger than life character, he after an unhappy, purportedly forced marriage and the death of his baby, travelled to Tasmania, where his soldier, Digney grandfather ancestor settled. He signed up under the assumed name of Harrison, a corruption of his wife’s maiden name of Harris and his second name Alfred.
He was awarded posthumously the British War Medal, the Victory Medal and the 1914-15 Star.
Submitted 29 March 2021 by Ellen Magill
Biography contributed by Robert Kearney
Enlisted and served under alias Alfred HARRISON
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