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DIXON, Samuel
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 609 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 21st Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Glenlyon, Victoria, Australia, 27 August 1878 |
| Home Town: | Daylesford, Hepburn, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Farmer |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, 26 August 1916, aged 37 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Daylesford War Memorial, Drummond War Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France) |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 10 May 1915: | Involvement Private, SN 609, 24th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières | |
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| 10 May 1915: | Embarked Private, SN 609, 24th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ulysses, Melbourne | |
| 26 Aug 1916: | Involvement Private, SN 609, 21st Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières |
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