DIXON, Bertrand James
| Service Number: | 1637 |
|---|---|
| Enlisted: | 4 February 1916 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 55th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Adamstown, New South Wales, Australia, 11 April 1896 |
| Home Town: | Adamstown, Newcastle, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Porter |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, 9 May 1917, aged 21 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Australian National Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, France, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Haymarket NSW Government Railway and Tramway Honour Board, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France) |
World War 1 Service
| 4 Feb 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1637, 35th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 1 May 1916: | Involvement Private, 1637, 35th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '17' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Benalla embarkation_ship_number: A24 public_note: '' | |
| 1 May 1916: | Embarked Private, 1637, 35th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Benalla, Sydney | |
| 9 Sep 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 55th Infantry Battalion | |
| 9 May 1917: | Involvement Private, 1637, 55th Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 1637 awm_unit: 55th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1917-05-09 |
Great Sydney Central Station Honour Board
Bertrand James DIXON, (Service Number 1637) born in Newcastle in 1896, joined the NSWGR as a junior porter there in May 1915. In February 1916 he was employed in that role at Bullock Island, when he enlisted in the AIF in Newcastle.
Embarked from Sydney in May, he landed in England in July 1916 and joined his battalion in France in September.
Submitted 16 June 2023 by John Oakes
Biography contributed by Evan Evans
Gary Mitchell, Memorialised at Sandgate Cemetery.
103 years ago today, on the 9th May 1917, Private Bertrand James Dixon, 55th Battalion, junior porter from Morgan Street, Adamstown, New South Wales, fell at the Second Battle of Bullecourt, France, age 21.
http://www.awm.gov.au/people/rolls/R1725600/
Born at Adamstown, New South Wales on the 11th April 1896 to William and Mary Dixon, Bertrand enlisted February 1916 with the 35th Battalion at Newcastle, N.S.W.
http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article133846490
Hospitalised November 1916 with pyrexia (trench fever), and invalided to Beaufort War Hospital, Bristol, England, Bertrand returned to duty February 1917.
http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article134864625
http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article134871090
http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article134860220
Mr Dixon’s remains were never recovered, so his name has been inscribed on the Australian National Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, France.
Also, his name has been inscribed on the Adamstown Citizens' Memorial, Adamstown St. Stephen's Church of England Roll of Honour, Book of Gold, NSW Govt Railways and Tramways Roll of Honour, 1914-1919 and The Capt. Clarence Smith Jeffries (V.C.) and Pte. William Matthew Currey (V.C.) Memorial Wall, located at Sandgate Cemetery.
Memorialised at his Grandparents gravesite at Sandgate Cemetery. ANGLICAN 1-13. 51.
http://sandgate.northerncemeteries.com.au/index.php/war-heroes/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=51&aso=exact&s_f=id&data_search=458021#3
Older brother Joseph Bowman (Reg No-3090, 10th Australian Field Company Engineers, born 1894, died 1931) resting at the cemetery, commemorated with a Commonwealth War Graves Plaque, curbing and marble chip. ANGLICAN 2-150. 72.
Lest We Forget.
Biography contributed by John Oakes
Bertrand James DIXON (Service Number 1637) was born in Newcastle in 1896. He joined the NSW Government Railways as a junior porter in May 1915. In February 1916 he was employed in that role at Bullock Island when he enlisted in the AIF in Newcastle.
He embarked from Sydney in May. He landed in England in July 1916. He joined his battalion in France in September. He was ent to hospital with fever of unknown origin in November. He was evacuated to England and hospitalised there until February 1917. He returned to France and re-joined his unit at the end of April. He was killed in action on 9th May. He was buried at a map reference ‘between Noreuil and Riencourt’.
After the war the grave could not be found. He is remembered with honour on the Villers-Bretonneux Memorial.
- based on notes for the Great Sydney Central Station Honour Board
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