DICK, James
| Service Number: | 2738 |
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| Enlisted: | 10 August 1915, Enlisted at Brisbane |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 15th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Grangemouth, Stirlingshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, 1891 |
| Home Town: | Cowper, Clarence Valley, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Farmer |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Ottoman Empire, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 5 December 1915 |
| Cemetery: |
7th Field Ambulance Cemetery Special Memorial Row A, Grave 59 Rev. J.L. Cope officiated Headstone inscription reads: In memory of the dear son of Mr. & Mrs. Dick of Sanday, Orkney, 7th Field Ambulance Cemetery, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 10 Aug 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2738, 15th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Brisbane | |
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| 1 Sep 1915: | Involvement Private, 2738, 15th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Ayrshire embarkation_ship_number: A33 public_note: '' | |
| 1 Sep 1915: | Embarked Private, 2738, 15th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ayrshire, Sydney |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of James and Mary Dick of Roadside, Sanday, Orkney Isles.
Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Biography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
He was 25.
Grangemouth, where he was born, is a town in the Falkirk council area, Scotland. Historically part of the county of Stirlingshire, the town lies in the Forth Valley, on the banks of the Firth of Forth, 3 miles east of Falkirk, 5 miles west of Bo'ness and 13 miles south-east of Stirling.
He is remembered on the Sanday War Memorial on the Orkney Isles.in Scotland.
His brother also fell.He was Private Richard Dick aged 20,Service Number S/6429-served with British forces, 8th Bn. Seaforth Highlanders-died 25/09/1915-also born at Grangemouth, Stirlingshire.
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