DYKE, Albert Henry
| Other Name: | DYKE, Albert Henry Jarvis - Burial Records |
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| Service Numbers: | 10237, V355186 |
| Enlisted: | 1 March 1916, Mirboo Park, Vic. |
| Last Rank: | Lance Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 2nd/23rd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Allambee, Victoria, Australia, 8 February 1889 |
| 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, Mirboo North, Victoria, Australia, 11 March 1964, aged 75 years |
| Cemetery: |
Mirboo North Cemetery, Victoria, Australia D2 |
| Memorials: | Mirboo North Cemetery Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 1 Mar 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Driver, 10237, 10th Field Company Engineers, Mirboo Park, Vic. | |
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| 20 Jun 1916: | Involvement Driver, 10237, 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, 10237, 10th Field Company Engineers, HMAT Runic, Melbourne |
World War 2 Service
| 4 Apr 1942: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Lance Corporal, V355186, 2nd/23rd Infantry Battalion, Mirboo North, Vic. |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
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”. Albert was tall at 5’11”, brown hair and blue eyes, 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. In October 1918 Albert was promoted to Lance Corporal.
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.
Albert married Gladys Bright of Bunninyong and they had 3 children. He served in the Army Citizen Military Forces in WWII, Service Number V355186 and died in 1964 aged 75. He is buried at Mirboo North.
Percy married Maud Perrin. They had one son. Percy died in 1976 aged 85 and is also buried at Mirboo North.
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