DICKSON, Colin Herwald
| Service Number: | 10619 |
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| Enlisted: | 7 February 1916 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 3rd Divisional Train |
| Born: | Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 29 August 1884 |
| Home Town: | Sydney, City of Sydney, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Birchgrove Public School, New South Wales, Australia |
| Occupation: | Railway Wagon Builder |
| Died: | Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 31 August 1954, aged 70 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 7 Feb 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Driver, 10619, 3rd Divisional Train | |
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| 30 May 1916: | Involvement 10619, 3rd Divisional Train, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '21' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Persic embarkation_ship_number: A34 public_note: Embarkation date incorrectly recorded as 3 May 1916 on original roll | |
| 30 May 1916: | Embarked 10619, HMAT Persic, Sydney | |
| 30 May 1916: | Embarked 10619, 3rd Divisional Train, HMAT Persic, Sydney | |
| 30 May 1916: | Involvement 10619, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '21' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Persic embarkation_ship_number: A34 public_note: '' | |
| 21 Feb 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 10619, 24th Coy Australian Service Corps | |
| 1 May 1919: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 10619, per China 24th Coy Australian Service Corps | |
| 21 May 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 10619, 24th Coy Australian Service Corps |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Chris Buckley
Colin was the third of five children of Stephen Dickson Jnr (born 1855 in Alexandria, NSW) and Mary Ann Watson (born 1856 in Balmain, NSW). Stephen was a Lighterman in 1878 when he married Mary Ann in Balmain, Sydney, NSW. They settled in Balmain, and Stephen was a Steamboat Proprietor through the early 1900s, and in later life worked as a Clerk.
In 1892 Colin's arm was broken when a poorly maintained staircase at school caused him to fall and break his arm - his father sued the Minister for Education (Evening News, Sydney NSW: Saturday 29 October 1892; p6).
Colin worked for NSW Governemt Railways as a Wagon (Coach) Builder and in 1910 he married Ada Martha Roberts (born 1885 in Balmain, Sydney, NSW). In February 1916 Colin enlisted in the AIF, serving as a Wheeler, Driver and Private (Service No:10619) with 24th Coy Army Servie Corps. He was Discharged in February 1919. Brothers-in-Law William Owen Roberts (Sergeant, Service No:167), David Thomas Roberts (Farrier, Lance Corporal, Service No:893) and George Henry Roberts (Sapper, Corporal, Service No:17515) also served in WWI.
Returning from WWI, Colin resumed work with the NSWGR as a Coach Builder and he Ada moved to Eastwood in Parramatta. Following Colin's death in 1954, Ada moved to the USA where she died in Texas in 1975.