DICKSON, Thomas Meiklejohn
| Service Number: | 38332 |
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| Enlisted: | 16 May 1917, Sydney, NSW |
| Last Rank: | Gunner |
| Last Unit: | 13th Field Artillery Brigade |
| Born: | Yarroweyah, Victoria, Australia, 6 July 1888 |
| Home Town: | Scone, Upper Hunter Shire, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | The Geelong College, Victoria, Australia |
| Occupation: | Principal of Scone Grammar School |
| Died: | Cardiac Arrest, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 9 April 1958, aged 69 years |
| Cemetery: |
Springvale Botanical Cemetery, Melbourne |
| Memorials: | Geelong College WW1 Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 16 May 1917: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Gunner, 38332, Field Artillery Brigades, Sydney, NSW | |
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| 16 Nov 1917: | Involvement Gunner, 38332, Field Artillery Brigades, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '4' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: SS Canberra embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: '' | |
| 16 Nov 1917: | Embarked Gunner, 38332, Field Artillery Brigades, SS Canberra, Sydney | |
| 23 May 1918: | Transferred AIF WW1, Gunner, 13th Field Artillery Brigade, France | |
| 8 Aug 1918: | Involvement AIF WW1, Gunner, 38332, 13th Field Artillery Brigade, The Battle of Amiens | |
| 30 Sep 1918: | Involvement AIF WW1, Gunner, 38332, 13th Field Artillery Brigade, Breaching the Hindenburg Line - Cambrai / St Quentin Canal | |
| 13 Dec 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Gunner, 38332, 13th Field Artillery Brigade, RTA 6 September 1919 and discharged (TPE). |
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DICKSON, Thomas Meiklejohn (1888-1958)
Thomas Meiklejohn Dickson was born on the 9 June 1888 at Yarroweh, the son of Robert Dickson and Anna nee Meiklejohn, of Inverleigh, Victoria. he was educated at Geelong College in 1905. At College he became a member of the 1st Football XVIII in 1906, 1907 and 1908; the 1st Cricket XI in 1905, 1906, 1907 and its Captain in 1908 and a School Prefect in 1908 the first year that College had Prefects.
He had become Principal of Scone Grammar School, New South Wales, when, during World War I, he enlisted (No 38332) on 16 May 1917. He embarked on SS Canberra on 16 November 1917 as a T/Corporal with the 32nd Australian Field Artillery Reinforcements, reverting to the rank of Gunner when he was posted to 13th Field Artillery Brigade in France in May 1918. Thomas Dickson was promoted again to T/Sgt on 16 December 1918.
He was granted nine months’ leave with pay from 4 March until 30 November 1919 under the Repatriation and Demobilisation Scheme, in order to study Law with the firm of Rexworthy, Barnard and Bonser, 90-91 Queen Street, Cheapside, London. He returned to Australia on HMT Berrima, embarking on 6 September 1919, and was demobilised on 13 December that year.
He died on 9 April 1958.
His brother, Robert Bruce Dickson (1890-1961), was also educated at Geelong College.
Source : The Geelong College - http://gnet.geelongcollege.vic.edu.au:8080/wiki/DICKSON-Thomas-Meiklejohn-1888-1958.ashx?HL=dickson
Biography contributed by Marion Johnstone
Tom Dickson DOB 06/07/1888 was the son of a teacher and was born at the teacher's residence in Yarroweyah, Victoria.He attended Yarroweyah and Inverleigh State schools, where his father was head teacher and later Geelong College as a boarder. He played cricket and Played football for Geelong FC, before departing for Sydney University. He became Captain of YMCA football club in the NSW football league. In 1913 he became headmaster of Scone Grammar School till it closed with his enlistment in the army in 1917.He served in France and returned to Australia to complete his law degree in 1919. He married Elsie Duncan, a widow with 2 children in 1920, completed his law degree in 1922 and had a daughter in 1925. He rose to become a senior partner with Alexander Grant and Co and was seen on the board of many Victorian companies. He died suddenly of a cardiac arrest at his desk on April 8th 1958.
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