DICKINSON, Walter
| Service Number: | 835 |
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| Enlisted: | 5 January 1915, Melbourne, Victoria |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 21st Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Tooborac, Victoria, Australia, November 1893 |
| Home Town: | Tooborac, Mitchell, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Tooborac State School, Victoria, Australia |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Vaux, France, 20 March 1917 |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Tooborac War Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France) |
World War 1 Service
| 5 Jan 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 835, Melbourne, Victoria | |
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| 10 May 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 835, 24th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '13' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ulysses embarkation_ship_number: A38 public_note: '' | |
| 10 May 1915: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 835, 24th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ulysses, Melbourne | |
| 25 Sep 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 835, 22nd Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '13' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Shropshire embarkation_ship_number: A9 public_note: '' | |
| 25 Sep 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 835, 22nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Shropshire, Melbourne | |
| 20 Mar 1917: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 835, 21st Infantry Battalion, German Withdrawal to Hindenburg Line and Outpost Villages, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 835 awm_unit: 21st Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1917-03-20 |
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War service: Western Front
Extract from Red Cross records - witnesses to his death;
Statement, Red Cross File No 0920310F, 4405 Pte T.C. DOOLAN, D Company, 21st Bn (patient, 3rd Australian Auxiliary Hospital, Dartford, Kent, England), 8 November 1917: 'I saw him killed opposite Langatte, near Vaux. He was caught in a crater on the Sunken Road by a shell and killed instantly. He was hit on the back of the neck. I knew him very well, he was the only man of that name in the Coy. and was a L/Cpl. at time of casualty. He had only just recently returned from Australia where he had been sent back from Egypt. He was buried at place of casualty, but owing to the fact that we had to retire, did not give us time to mark the grave.'
Second statement, 975 Pte E. NORWOOD, 29th Bn, 18 October 1917: 'I saw Casualty killed at Noreuil near Bapaume on the 20 March, 1917. Casualty was in a shell hole taking cover when he was killed by shrapnel. I was wounded by the same shell. There were 12 others killed by the same shell.'
Third statement, 5012 Pte G. EDSHALL, D Company, 21st Bn, 8 January 1918: 'I saw him killed instantly by a piece of shell. We were in a sniping position in a large crater at Noreuil. He was buried the same afternoon where he died. his mates formed the burial party. There was nothing erected to mark the grave as far as I know of.'
Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
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