William Ernest DICKSON

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DICKSON, William Ernest

Service Number:	6980
Enlisted:	2 November 1916
Last Rank:	Lance Corporal
Last Unit:	8th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Collingwood, Victoria, Australia, February 1892
Home Town:	Northcote, Darebin, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Boot Finisher
Died:	Killed in Action, Belgium, 25 October 1917
Cemetery:	Passchendaele, New British Cemetery IV. E. 6.
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

World War 1 Service

2 Nov 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 6980, 8th Infantry Battalion
23 Nov 1916:	Involvement Private, 6980, 8th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Hororata embarkation_ship_number: A20 public_note: ''
23 Nov 1916:	Embarked Private, 6980, 8th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Hororata, Melbourne
25 Oct 1917:	Involvement Lance Corporal, 6980, 8th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 6980 awm_unit: 8 Battalion awm_rank: Lance Corporal awm_died_date: 1917-10-25

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Biography contributed by Evan Evans

From Marie Victorine, France

Lance Corporal William Ernest Dickson
8th Bn. Australian Infantry, A. I. F.
25th October 1917, aged 24.
Buried and commemorated at
Passchendaele New British cemetery
IV. E. 6.

Son of Thomas and A. Dickson, of 77, Dennis St., Northcote, Victoria, Australia.

A boot finisher prior to enlistment, Pte Dickson embarked from Melbourne with the 23rd Reinforcements on HMAT Hororata on 23 November 1916.

He was promoted to Lance Corporal (L Cpl) and was later killed in action in Belgium on 25th October 1917

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