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DICKSON, Edward Alexander

Service Number:	5456
Enlisted:	18 February 1916, Dubbo
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	20th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia, 5 April 1898
Home Town:	Orange, Orange Municipality, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Groom
Died:	Killed in Action, Belgium, 20 September 1917, aged 19 years
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Orange Cenotaph, Orange District Public School WWI Honor Roll, Orange Holy Trinity Anglican Church Honour Board, Orange Soldiers' Memorial Avenue of Trees, Orange WW1 Honour Board, Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial

World War 1 Service

18 Feb 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 5456, 20th Infantry Battalion, Dubbo
22 Aug 1916:	Involvement Private, 5456, 20th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '13' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Wiltshire embarkation_ship_number: A18 public_note: ''
22 Aug 1916:	Embarked Private, 5456, 20th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Wiltshire, Sydney
20 Sep 1917:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 5456, 20th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres

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