Robert Burns (Bob) DICKSON

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DICKSON, Robert Burns

Service Number:	QX12457
Enlisted:	28 July 1940, Rockhampton
Last Rank:	Corporal
Last Unit:	2nd/31st Infantry Battalion
Born:	Muttaburra, Queensland, Australia, 5 December 1916
Home Town:	Muttaburra, Barcaldine, Queensland
Schooling:	Muttaburra State School
Occupation:	Station Hand
Died:	Killed in Action, Balikpapan, Balikpapan, Borneo, 3 July 1945, aged 28 years
Cemetery:	Labuan War Cemetery 8 B 3
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Muttaburra Cenotaph, Muttaburra State School War Memorial

World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Corporal, QX12457
28 Jul 1940:	Enlisted Rockhampton
28 Jul 1940:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Corporal, QX12457, 2nd/31st Infantry Battalion
3 Jul 1945:	Discharged

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Biography contributed by Faithe Jones

Son of Charles Augustus and Ethel Emma Georgina Dickson; husband of Frances Joyce Dickson, of Muttaburra, Queensland, Australia.

FOR KING AND COUNTRY, HIS DUTY NOBLY DONE DEARLY LOVED

Miss Joyce Devine and Corporal R. B. Dickson, AIF (both of Muttaburra) chose St John's Cathedral, Brisbane, for their wedding on May 22. Mrs L. Richardson attended the bride, who wore navy accessories with her grey suit.

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