DICKSON, Victor John Allan
| Service Number: | 2568 |
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| Enlisted: | 31 July 1916 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 35th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Collingwood, Victoria, Australia, 2 July 1890 |
| Home Town: | Scone, Upper Hunter Shire, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Painter |
| Died: | Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia, 24 November 1967, aged 77 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Sandgate General Cemetery, Newcastle, NSW Presbyterian; Section 23SE; Plot 94 |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 31 Jul 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2568, 35th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 25 Oct 1916: | Involvement Private, 2568, 35th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '17' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Ascanius embarkation_ship_number: A11 public_note: '' | |
| 25 Oct 1916: | Embarked Private, 2568, 35th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ascanius, Sydney | |
| 20 Mar 1918: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 2568, 35th Infantry Battalion, 2nd MD, Medically unfit due to wounding Messines |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Evan Evans
From Gary Mitchell, Sandgate Cemetery
Served and suffered during The Great War, resting at Sandgate Cemetery.
56 years ago today, on the 27th November 1967, Private Victor John Allen (Allan) Dickson, 35th Battalion (Reg No-2568), painter from Hill Street, Scone, New South Wales and Newcastle?, N.S.W., was laid to rest at Sandgate Cemetery, age 77. PRESBYTERIAN-25SE. 94.
Born at Collingwood, Victoria on the 2nd July 1890 to John Gavin, died 24.3.1922, Wickham, N.S.W., PRESBYTERIAN-17SW. 69 and Mary Jane Dickson nee Lowery, died 11.2.1933, Wickham, N.S.W., PRESBYTERIAN-17SW. 69 of Hargrave Street, Carrington, New South Wales and Hannell Street, Smedmore, N.S.W. and 3 Morgan Street, Newcastle, N.S.W. and 40 Fleming Street, Wickham, N.S.W.; husband of Gladys Amelia Dickson nee Miller (married 1926, Newcastle, N.S.W., died 30.9.1982, Newcastle, N.S.W., age 87, sleeping here), Vic enlisted on the 31st July 1916 at Scone, N.S.W.
Unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales on board HMAT A11 Ascanius on the 25th October 1916.
Admitted 11th Australian Field Ambulance 2.3.1917 (scabies).
Wounded in action - 7.6.1917 (SW temple, Battle of Messines), 27.7.1917 (GSW right thigh and right arm, severe).
Transferred to England 4.8.1917.
Commenced return to Australia 21.12.1917.
Vic returned home on the 14th February 1918, being discharged medically unfit (GSW right thigh, right arm) on the 20th March 1918.
I have not located Mr. Dickson’s name inscribed on any known War Memorial or Roll of Honour.
I have placed poppies at Vic’s gravesite in remembrance of his service and sacrifice for God, King & Country.
Not officially commemorated.
Contact with descendants would be greatly appreciated.
For more detail, see “Forever Remembered “
http://www.commemoratingwarheroes.com/cemetery-main-search/
Lest We Forget.
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