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DIERCKS, Dietrich Oscar
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 655 |
|---|---|
| Enlisted: | 17 February 1916 |
| Last Rank: | Sergeant |
| Last Unit: | 43rd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Mannum, South Australia, Australia, 28 June 1893 |
| Home Town: | Mannum, Mid Murray, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Broodseinde Ridge, Belgium, 4 October 1917, aged 24 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium |
| Memorials: | Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Mannum District Roll of Honor, Menin Gate Memorial (Commonwealth Memorial to the Missing of the Ypres Salient) |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 17 Feb 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 655, 43rd Infantry Battalion | |
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| 9 Jun 1916: | Involvement Private, 655, 43rd Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '18' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Afric embarkation_ship_number: A19 public_note: '' | |
| 17 Jun 1916: | Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal | |
| 22 Nov 1916: | Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal | |
| 29 Sep 1917: | Promoted AIF WW1, Sergeant | |
| 4 Oct 1917: | Involvement Sergeant, 655, 43rd Infantry Battalion, Broodseinde Ridge, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 655 awm_unit: 43rd Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Sergeant awm_died_date: 1917-10-04 |
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