DICKSON, Colin Kenneth
| Service Number: | 407414 |
|---|---|
| Enlisted: | 12 October 1940 |
| Last Rank: | Warrant Officer |
| Last Unit: | No. 458 Squadron (RAAF) |
| Born: | Jamestown, South Australia, 16 December 1915 |
| Home Town: | Murray Bridge, Murray Bridge, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Rose Park Public School (1922-28) Adelaide Technical High School , South Australia (1929-31) |
| Occupation: | Farm Hand |
| Died: | Flying Battle, Corsica, France, 12 September 1943, aged 27 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Malta Memorial Malta- panel 11 Column 2, Malta Memorial, Malta |
| Memorials: | Adelaide Technical High School Old Scholars WW2 Honour Roll, Adelaide WW2 Wall of Remembrance, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Malta Memorial, Floriana, Nairne War Memorial |
World War 2 Service
| 12 Oct 1940: | Involvement Warrant Officer, 407414 | |
|---|---|---|
| 12 Oct 1940: | Enlisted Adelaide | |
| 12 Oct 1940: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Aircraftman 2 (WW2), 407414, No. 1 Initial Training School Somers | |
| 12 Oct 1940: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Warrant Officer, 407414 | |
| 29 May 1941: | Promoted Royal Australian Air Force, Sergeant | |
| 27 Jun 1941: | Embarked Royal Australian Air Force, Sergeant, 407414, Emb. Sydney | |
| 29 Nov 1941: | Promoted Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Sergeant | |
| 29 May 1942: | Promoted Royal Australian Air Force, Warrant Officer | |
| 11 Dec 1942: | Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Warrant Officer, 407414, No. 458 Squadron (RAAF), Middle East / Mediterranean Theatre | |
| Date unknown: | Involvement |
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Rootsweb ID: I487270 Birth Record: 16 Dec 1915 in Jamestown, South Australia
Father: Albert Edward DICKSON (b: 22/1/1863 in Near Harrogate, SA - d.28/1/1947 in Murray Bridge, SA)
married: 1 Mar 1894 in Eden Valley, SA
Mother: Anna Maria Emma BARTHOLOMAEUS
(b: 25/3/1875 in Schoenborn, SA -now Gomersal - d. 19 Dec 1955 in Murray Bridge, SA)
Siblings:
Flora DICKSON b: 30/7/1894 in Hd Of Burdett, SA - d. 1944
- m. Howard William Lewis Downing
Hiram John DICKSON b: 31/5/1896 in Hd Of Burdett, SA - d.1990 Adelaide, SA (buried Melrose, SA)
- m. Margaret Cicely Dickson ; f.o. Robert Dickson & Betty Frazer
Arnold Lawrence DICKSON b: 23/9/1898 in Burdett, SA
Murray DICKSON b: 28/9/1900 in Mannum, SA - d. 12/5/1983 Cungena, SA
- m. Mary Dickson ; f.o. Anne Rutherford Cooper; Glenys Mary Irvine & Ian Murray Dickson
Edna May DICKSON b: 27/4/1903 in Hd Of Burdett Nr Mannum, SA - d. 6/5/1906 Burdett SA)
- died of Burning Accident
Nellie Eva DICKSON b: 27/4/1903 in Hd Of Burdett Nr Mannum, SA
Elliot Glenmore DICKSON b: 22/2/1907 in Hd Of Burdett, SA - d. 1974
-m. Margorie Killick Dickson; f.o. Brian Henry Dickson and Ronald Stanley Dickson
Clifton Ivor DICKSON b: 9/7/1910 in Harrogate, SA - d. 1976
- m. Jean Mary Isabel Dickson; f.o. Dean Wayne Dickson & Raelene Joan Jaensch
Colin Kenneth DICKSON b: 16/12/1915 in Jamestown, SA
12/9/1943 Died flying battle, in Corsica, France
Lorna Jean DICKSON b: 16/12/1915 in Jamestown, SA - d. 1996
- m. Reginald James Ellis
Brother: 3632 Arnold Lawrence Dickson
Sergeant 50th Battalion
11/4/1917 enlisted
4/8/1917 embarked from Port of Melbourne onboard HMAT Themistocles
8/7/1919 returned to Australia
19/6/1955 passed away at Darlinghurst, NSW
Brother: 1289 Hiram John Dickson
Sergeant 11th Light Horse Regiment
7/9/1915 enlisted
21/10/1915 embarked from Port of Melbourne, VIC onboard SS Hawkes
20/7/1919 returned to Australiia
passed away
ashes placed in Melrose Cemetery, SA
Section Row 2 East; Plot 14
12/10/1940 enlisted in Adelaide, SA
Royal Australian Air Force - Warrant Officer - 458 Squadron
12/9/1943 died in flying accident - Corsica, France
NO known grave
Commemorated at: Malta Memorial
Panel 11, Column 2
Sourced and submitted by Julianne T Ryan. 22/5/2016. Lest we forget.
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