DICKINSON, John Thomas
| Service Number: | 3491 |
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| Enlisted: | 24 August 1915, 8th Reinforcements |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 25th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Bareilly, Bengal, India, 25 April 1869 |
| Home Town: | Sandgate, Brisbane, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Carpenter |
| Died: | War Service related, Kangaroo Point Military Hospital, Kangaroo Point Military Hospital, Kangaroo Point, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, Belgium, 5 July 1917, aged 48 years |
| Cemetery: |
Toowong (Brisbane General) Cemetery, Queensland |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Citizens of Sandgate Honour Roll |
World War 1 Service
| 24 Aug 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3491, 25th Infantry Battalion, 8th Reinforcements | |
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| 3 Jan 1916: | Involvement Private, 3491, 25th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Kyarra embarkation_ship_number: A55 public_note: '' | |
| 3 Jan 1916: | Embarked Private, 3491, 25th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Kyarra, Brisbane | |
| 3 Jan 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 3491, 25th Infantry Battalion, per HMAT Kyarra A55 | |
| 20 Dec 1916: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 3491, 25th Infantry Battalion, Medically Unfit |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Chris Buckley
John was the eldest of three children of Jacob Dickinson (born 1839 in Lincolnshire, England) and Mary Ann O'Connell (born 1840 in Scotland). Jacob was in the British Army (Private, Regimental No: 1528) with the 55th Foot when he married Mary in County Cork, Ireland in 1861. He was then posted to India, where his three children were born, before being Discharged in 1877 and bringing his family to Brisbane, QLD.
John had worked as a Fireman in Brisbane and Nambour, and in 1890 married Annie Sexton in Brisbane, QLD. When he enlisted in the AIF in 1915, John was a Carpenter in Sandgate, QLD and father of four children (son John Sexton had died in 1902). John served with 8th Reinforcements 25th Infantry Battalion as a Private (Service No: 3491) in France. He was Discharged on medical grounds in January 1916 and returned to Sandgate in QLD where he was working as a Carpenter when he died in July 1917. Annie died in 1945.
Younger brother Jacob also served in WWI as a Private (Service No: 4061) with 11th Reinforcements 14th Pioneer Battalion. Son-in-LawDavid George Haynes served in WWI as a Sapper (Service no: 7325/Q1431) with 3/4 Pioneer Battalion Mining Corps.