Glen Mervyn DICKENS

DICKENS, Glen Mervyn

    Service Number: 1186
    Enlisted: 16 February 1915
    Last Rank: Lieutenant
    Last Unit: 17th Infantry Battalion
    Born: Ashfield, New South Wales, Australia, 1884
    Occupation: Clerk
    Died: Killed in Action, Poelcappelle, Belgium, 9 October 1917
    Cemetery: No known grave - "Known Unto God"
    Memorials: Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial

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    World War 1 Service

    16 Feb 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1186, 17th Infantry Battalion
    29 Mar 1915: Promoted Corporal, 17th Infantry Battalion
    12 May 1915: Involvement Corporal, 1186, 17th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Themistocles embarkation_ship_number: A32 public_note: ''
    12 May 1915: Embarked Corporal, 1186, 17th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Themistocles, Sydney
    15 Dec 1915: Promoted Sergeant, 17th Infantry Battalion
    12 Jun 1916: Wounded Sergeant, 1186, 17th Infantry Battalion, Slightly wounded, remaind on duty.
    16 Aug 1916: Promoted Second Lieutenant, 17th Infantry Battalion
    27 Feb 1917: Wounded 17th Infantry Battalion
    3 Mar 1917: Wounded 17th Infantry Battalion, GSW Back Admitted 3rd London Gen Hospital
    8 Mar 1917: Promoted Lieutenant, 17th Infantry Battalion
    9 Oct 1917: Wounded 17th Infantry Battalion, Wounded and missing in Action
    9 Oct 1917: Involvement Lieutenant, 17th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: awm_unit: 17th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Lieutenant awm_died_date: 1917-10-09

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