James DICKSON

DICKSON, James

    Service Number: 3303
    Enlisted: 14 July 1915
    Last Rank: Lance Corporal
    Last Unit: 14th Infantry Battalion
    Born: South Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, November 1892
    Home Town: Williamstown (Vic), Hobsons Bay, Victoria
    Schooling: Not yet discovered
    Occupation: Boilermaker
    Died: GSW face, Fulham Military Hospital, England, 29 April 1917
    Cemetery: Brookwood Military Cemetery, Pirbright, Surrey, England, United Kingdom
    Memorials: Williamstown Pictorial Honour Board
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    World War 1 Service

    14 Jul 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3303, 14th Infantry Battalion
    11 Oct 1915: Involvement Private, 3303, 14th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Nestor embarkation_ship_number: A71 public_note: ''
    11 Oct 1915: Embarked Private, 3303, 14th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Nestor, Melbourne
    27 Jul 1916: Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 14th Infantry Battalion
    9 Aug 1916: Wounded AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 3303, 14th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , GSW right arm and SW chest
    9 Apr 1917: Wounded AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 3303, 14th Infantry Battalion, GSW to face - DOW England
    29 Apr 1917: Involvement Lance Corporal, 3303, 14th Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 3303 awm_unit: 14 Battalion awm_rank: Lance Corporal awm_died_date: 1917-04-29

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    Biography contributed by Evan Evans

    From Ian Fletcher, Australia and NZ in WWI

    3303 L/Cpl James Dickson, 14th Battalion A.I.F. one of 'Jacka's Mob' resting here in Brookwood Military Cemetery, Woking UK
    wounded at Pozieres, 9th August 1916 (SW to chest, GSW to right arm) and wounded a second time at Noreuil, 9th April 1917, ( GSW to face and neck, severe), evacuated to a London hospital were he died of his wounds while being operated on.
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