William Stanley DYSON

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DYSON, William Stanley

Service Numbers:	2464, 2164
Enlisted:	4 January 1916
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	2nd Light Horse Brigade Machine Gun Squadron
Born:	Kempsey, New South Wales, Australia, 18 March 1893
Home Town:	Kempsey, Kempsey, New South Wales
Schooling:	Sherwood Public School, New South Wales, Australia
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Natural causes, Kempsey, New South Wales, Australia, 30 December 1980, aged 87 years
Cemetery:	East Kempsey Cemetery, NSW
Memorials:	South Kempsey Sherwood Public School and District Great War Honour Roll, South Kempsey Sherwood School Honour Roll

World War 1 Service

4 Jan 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2464, 7th Light Horse Regiment
26 Apr 1916:	Involvement Private, 2164, 7th Light Horse Regiment, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '2' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Port Macquarie embarkation_ship_number: A39 public_note: ''
26 Apr 1916:	Embarked Private, 2164, 7th Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Port Macquarie, Sydney
21 Jun 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 2nd Light Horse Regiment
17 Sep 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 2464, 2nd Light Horse Brigade Machine Gun Squadron

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Biography contributed by Stephen Brooks

William (Bill) Dyson, aged 22, followed his younger brothers to enlist in January 1916 as they were enroute to Egypt. He joined the 7th Light Horse Regiment and left Australia during April 1916.

He was later transferred to the 2nd Light Horse Brigade Machine Gun Squadron and served in Egypt and Palestine as a driver until he returned to Australia in 1919.

His two brothers, Pte. Frederick Arthur Dyson and Bert Edward Dyson were both killed in action during 1916 and 1917, and have no known graves.

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