Frank Kirkpatrick DICKSON

DICKSON, Frank Kirkpatrick

    Service Number: 2155
    Enlisted: 13 May 1915, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW
    Last Rank: Private
    Last Unit: 4th Infantry Battalion
    Born: Moama, New South Wales, Australia, 1896
    Home Town: Mosman, Municipality of Mosman, New South Wales
    Schooling: Fort Street High School
    Occupation: Tobacconist
    Died: Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 6 August 1915
    Cemetery: No known grave - "Known Unto God"
    Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey
    Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing, Petersham Fort Street High School Great War Honour Roll
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    World War 1 Service

    13 May 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2155, 4th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW
    16 Jun 1915: Involvement Private, 2155, 4th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Karoola embarkation_ship_number: A63 public_note: ''
    16 Jun 1915: Embarked Private, 2155, 4th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Karoola, Sydney

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    Biography contributed by Carol Foster

    Son of James and Mary Emma Dickson of 33 Bordwell Road, Mosman, NSW. Brother of James Thomas Dickson and Eva Delmenico nee Dickson

    Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

     

    Biography contributed by Faithe Jones

    Private Prank Kirkpatrick Dickson (killed) was the elder son of the late James Dickson, H.M. Customs, Sydney, and Mrs. Dickson, ‘ ‘ Wharekoa, ’ ’ Bardwell-road, Mosman. He was 19  years of age, and was educated at Fort street, most of his time since then having been spent in the country. He was the grandson of Mr. James Dickson, Birkenhead, Auckland, and Mr. Thomas Irwin, Tiligra, Dungog.

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