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DICKENSON, Curwian
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 2640 |
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| Enlisted: | 15 April 1916 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 47th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Thornborough, Queensland, Australia, 7 September 1894 |
| Home Town: | Cairns, Cairns, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Horse driver |
| Died: | Cairns, Queensland, Australia, 12 August 1960, aged 65 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Cairns (General) Cemetery, Queensland |
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Service History
World War 1 Service
| 15 Apr 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2640, 47th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 27 Oct 1916: | Involvement Private, 2640, 47th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '19' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Marathon embarkation_ship_number: A74 public_note: '' | |
| 27 Oct 1916: | Embarked Private, 2640, 47th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Marathon, Brisbane |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Stephen Brooks
Curwian Dickenson joined the 47th Battalion in Belgium during September 1917 and was wounded in the shoulder at Ypres on 12 October 1917. He was evacuated to England and returned to Australia in late 1918, with appendicitis and a gunshot wound to the left shoulder.
His brother, who enlisted at the same time, 2416 Corporal Maxim William Dickenson, 47th Battalion AIF, was killed in action at Dernancourt, 5 April 1918.
Curwian served during the Second World War and was appointed Captain for a period.
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