Robert Lang DICKSON

DICKSON, Robert Lang

Service Number: 1105
Enlisted: 22 October 1914, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 13th Infantry Battalion
Born: Balmain, Sydney, New South Wales, 1892
Home Town: Kempsey, Kempsey, New South Wales
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Surveyor Assistant
Died: Died of wounds - chest, shoulder, At sea on board HS Gascon, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 29 May 1915
Cemetery: No known grave - "Known Unto God"
No known grave, buried at sea Ship's chaplain Lee Warner officiated Panel 37, Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing
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World War 1 Service

22 Oct 1914: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1105, 13th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW
22 Dec 1914: Involvement Private, 1105, 13th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ulysses embarkation_ship_number: A38 public_note: ''
22 Dec 1914: Embarked Private, 1105, 13th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ulysses, Melbourne

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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Son of Robert James and Teresa E.O. Dickson of Kempsey, NSW

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal