Cyril William DICKSON

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Service Number:	3795
Enlisted:	22 September 1915, Enlisted at Adelaide, SA
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	50th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Peterborough, South Australia, 20 May 1896
Home Town:	Prospect (SA), Prospect, South Australia
Schooling:	Nailsworth Public School and Hoggs College, School of Mines South Australia
Occupation:	Fitter and Turner
Died:	Killed in Action, Mouquet Farm, France, 16 August 1916, aged 20 years
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" No known grave, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France
Memorials:	Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Nailsworth Primary School Great War Roll of Honour, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France)

22 Sep 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3795, Enlisted at Adelaide, SA
7 Feb 1916:	Involvement Private, 3795, 27th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Miltiades embarkation_ship_number: A28 public_note: ''
7 Feb 1916:	Embarked Private, 3795, 27th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Miltiades, Adelaide
2 Apr 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 50th Infantry Battalion, At Serapeum
16 Aug 1916:	Involvement Private, 3795, 50th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 3795 awm_unit: 50 Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1916-08-16

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Son of Charles Alfred Dickson and Clara Emily Dickson nee Wood of 8 Claremont Street, Mile End, SA. Brother of Annie Margaret May Dickson

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

Also served in the cadets and the Citizen Military Forces