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DIXON, George William
Personal Details
Service Number: | 2468 |
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Enlisted: | 14 May 1915, Enlisted at Perth |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1) |
Born: | Tunstall, Yorkshire, England, 1892 |
Home Town: | Perth, Western Australia |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Locomotive Fireman |
Died: | Died of wounds - wound to the shoulder, 2nd Statioary Hospital, Mudros, Greece, 17 August 1915 |
Cemetery: |
Portianos Military Cemetery Plot 1, Row B, Grave 35 Rev. T Jones officiated, Portianos Military Cemetery, Lemnos, Aegean Islands, Greece |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Bunbury War Memorial |
Service History
World War 1 Service
14 May 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2468, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), Enlisted at Perth | |
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18 Jun 1915: | Involvement Private, 2468, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Chilka embarkation_ship_number: A51 public_note: '' | |
18 Jun 1915: | Embarked Private, 2468, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), HMAT Chilka, Fremantle | |
16 Aug 1915: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 2468, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), ANZAC / Gallipoli, Wounded in the shoulder and stated to be 'dangerously' wounded |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of Robert and Ellen Dixon of Tunstall, Catterick, Yorkshire, England. Brother of T. C. Dixon of Bunbury, WA
Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal