William Ewart DIXON

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DIXON, William Ewart

Service Number:	6077
Enlisted:	23 March 1916
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	20th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Hay, New South Wales, Australia, 31 August 1897
Home Town:	Narrandera, Narrandera, New South Wales
Schooling:	Narrandera Public School, New South Wales, Australia
Occupation:	Carpenter's apprentice
Died:	Killed in Action, France, 2 May 1917, aged 19 years
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God"
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Narrandera WW1 War Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France)

World War 1 Service

23 Mar 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 6077, 20th Infantry Battalion
25 Oct 1916:	Involvement Private, 6077, 20th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '13' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Ascanius embarkation_ship_number: A11 public_note: ''
25 Oct 1916:	Embarked Private, 6077, 20th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ascanius, Sydney
2 May 1917:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 6077, 20th Infantry Battalion, Bullecourt (Second)

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Biography contributed by Stephen Brooks

His older brother 886 Lce. Serjt. Ralph Taylor Dixon 3rd Battalion was killed in action 24th May, 1915. Age 20.

Another brother Lieutenant George Norman Dixon 5th Divisional Signal Company was awarded the Military Cross for conspicuous gallantry during the Battle of Menin Road in 1917.

Biography contributed by Faithe Jones

DIXON.—A loving tribute to Corporal William Ewart Dixon, killed in action, in France, on May 3, 1917; also in fond remembrance of Sergt. Ralph Taylor Dixon, killed in action at the Dardanelles about May 12, 1915; beloved brothers of Lieut. G. Norman Dixon (on active service), and Mrs. Dixon, Hawksburn.

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