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, 11 December 1895
Home Town: Mosman, Municipality of Mosman, New South Wales
Schooling: Neutral Bay Public School, Fort Street High School, New South Wales, Australia
Occupation: Tobacconist
Died: Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Turkey, 6 August 1915, aged 19 years
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, Mosman St. Clements Anglican Church Great War Roll of Honour, 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
4 Aug 1915: Involvement Joined 4th Infantry Battalion at Gallipoli.

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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.