DICK, Archibald Spalding
| Service Number: | 211 |
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| Enlisted: | 28 February 1915, An original of A Company |
| Last Rank: | Sergeant |
| Last Unit: | 18th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Lilydale, Victoria, Australia, 1893 |
| Home Town: | Warburton, Yarra Ranges, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Kardella State School, Victoria, Australia |
| Occupation: | Miner |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Belgium, 5 October 1917 |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Korumburra Kardella South State School No 3603, Korumburra Kardella State School No 3196, Menin Gate Memorial (Commonwealth Memorial to the Missing of the Ypres Salient), Wandong War Memorial, Warburton RSL Gallipoli Memorial, Yarra Junction War Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 28 Feb 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 211, 18th Infantry Battalion, An original of A Company | |
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| 25 Jun 1915: | Involvement Private, 211, 18th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Ceramic embarkation_ship_number: A40 public_note: '' | |
| 25 Jun 1915: | Embarked Private, 211, 18th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ceramic, Sydney | |
| 5 Oct 1917: | Involvement Sergeant, 211, 18th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 211 awm_unit: 18 Battalion awm_rank: Sergeant awm_died_date: 1917-10-05 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Stephen Brooks
Sergeant Archibald Spalding Dick 18th Battalion suffered shrapnel wounds to his head, thigh and buttocks at Hill 60 Gallipoli on the 27 August 1915. Archie was invalided to England and he could not rejoin the 18th Battalion on the Western Front till January 1917. Archie Dick was killed in action the day after his brother, 1620 John Dick 6th Battalion AIF had also gone missing, on the 5 October 1917. Nothing is known of the circumstances of either death and both are remembered on the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial Belgium.
A third brother, Driver Henry Dick of the 10th Company Australian Army Service Corps was awarded the Military Medal for bravery in Belgium only two weeks later.