DIMMICK, Leonard
| Service Numbers: | 263, 312 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Driver |
| Last Unit: | 2nd Light Horse Regiment |
| Born: | Ryde, Isle of Wight, England, United Kingdom, March 1879 |
| Home Town: | Mount Morgan, Rockhampton, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Miner |
| Died: | Dysentery, Egypt, 3 March 1916 |
| Cemetery: |
Cairo War Memorial Cemetery |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Mount Morgan Gold Mining Company Honour Roll, Windsor War Memorial |
Boer War Service
| 1 Oct 1899: | Involvement Private, 263, 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen | |
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| 6 Mar 1901: | Embarked Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 263, 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, AWM Boer War Unit Details, Murray p. 488 notes 5th QIB embarked at Pinkenba 6 Mar 1901 aboard Templemore arriving Port Elizabeth 1 Apr 1901. | |
| 5 May 1902: | Discharged Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 263, 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, AWM Boer War Unit Details, Murray p. 491 notes 5th QIB embarked at Cape Town 27 Mar 1902 aboard St Andrew returning to Australia arriving Brisbane 30 Apr 1902, disbanded 5 May 1902. |
World War 1 Service
| 24 Sep 1914: | Involvement Driver, 312, 2nd Light Horse Regiment, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '1' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Anglo Egyptian embarkation_ship_number: A25 public_note: '' | |
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| 24 Sep 1914: | Embarked Driver, 312, 2nd Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Anglo Egyptian, Brisbane |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Claude McKelvey
Leonard Dimmick also served in the South African (Boer) War- Private S.N. 263, 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen.
When he enlisted in 1901 and his details were published with the 5th QIB rank and file in The Queenslander, 16 Mar 1901, he noted his N.O.K. as his father W. Dimmick, Mount Morgan. In the Boer War Service Paybooks for the 5th QIB, Bk 2 p. 110, it is noted he directed part of his pay to his mother Mrs. A. Dimmick, Shandon Hill, Mount Morgan.
Leonard James Dimmick was born in Mar 1879 at Ryde on the Isle of Wight, England, a son to William Dimmick and Annie Dimmick (nee James). His parents married on the Isle of Wight in Dec 1874. The family relocated to Queensland, Australia, sometime prior to 1901 when Leonard enlisted in Queensland for the Boer War while they were residing at Mount Morgan.
Leonard married Gladys Jackson on 3 Dec 1904 in Queensland and they had 4 children, with a daughter not surviving childbirth. His wife Gladys died on 26 Jul 1913.
When he enlisted for WW1 at Mount Morgan, Queensland, on 20 Aug 1914 he noted on his Attestation Form that; he was a miner at Mount Morgan; he was a widower with 3 children; his N.O.K. was his father W. Dimmick, Shandon Hill, Mount Morgan (later moving to Windsor, Brisbane); and that he had previously served with the 5th QIB in South Africa.
While he was serving during WW1 in Egypt he collected curios which he sent back to his father, who subsequently donated them to the Queensland Museum. He died of illness (dysentry) while on active service in Egypt on 3 Mar 1916.
(source- AWM Boer War Nominal Roll, Murray p. 498; Qld State Archives- Boer War Service Paybooks 5th QIB, Bk 2 p. 110; National Archives Australia- WW1 service record).
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