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DYKE, Henry William
| Service Number: | 1587 |
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| Enlisted: | 27 July 1915, at Keswick |
| Last Rank: | Driver |
| Last Unit: | 5th Divisional Ammunition Column |
| Born: | Payneham, South Australia, Australia, March 1887 |
| Home Town: | Mile End, City of West Torrens, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Klemzig, South Australia, Australia, 14 March 1942, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
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World War 1 Service
| 27 Jul 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1587, 3rd Light Horse Regiment, at Keswick | |
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| 18 Nov 1915: | Involvement Private, 1587, 3rd Light Horse Regiment, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '1' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Geelong embarkation_ship_number: A2 public_note: '' | |
| 18 Nov 1915: | Embarked Private, 1587, 3rd Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Geelong, Adelaide | |
| 25 Oct 1917: | Promoted AIF WW1, Driver | |
| 18 Apr 1918: | Promoted Bombardier | |
| 11 Nov 1918: | Involvement AIF WW1, Driver, 1587, 5th Divisional Ammunition Column | |
| 31 Mar 1919: | Discharged Australian Army (Post WW2), 1587, He returned to australia by 1919. |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Adelaide High School
Henry (Harry) William Dyke was a soldier during World War One. He had a wife and two children, who lived at 55 King Street, Mile end, South Australia. He was a labourer prior to enlisting. He was born in March 1887, in Payneham, South Australia. Harry was a member of the Church of England.
He enlisted to the army on July 19, 1915. At this time, he was 5’7 ¾ , weighed 158 lbs, and was age 28. Henry had brown hair, and blue eyes. His unit embarked from Adelaide, South Australia, on the HMAT A2 Geelong, 18 November, 1915. He returned to Australia March 31, 1919. He was awarded with 3 medals, 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, and the Victory Medal.
He was a private in the 3rd Light Horse Regiment (LHR) but, after he arrived in Egypt, was moved into the 5th Divisional Ammunition Column and so went to France. While away at war, he misbehaved on multiple counts, and there are consequences for actions. Henry was promoted multiple times: on the 25th of October 1917, he was promoted to a driver, and on the 18th of April 1918, he was appointed Bombardier. The unit he was in at the time of his discharge was the 5th Divisional Ammunition Column.
In 1919, he returned to Australia, and arrived back in Adelaide two months later.
It appears that he did not receive any injuries or illnesses while at war and died 14th of March, 1942 in his mid-50’s.
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