DICKSON, Archibald David
| Service Number: | 2537 |
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| Enlisted: | 29 May 1915, Melbourne, Vic. |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 6th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Yearing, Victoria, Australia, 26 May 1891 |
| Home Town: | Newtown, Greater Geelong, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Butcher |
| Died: | Illness - Tubercular Lung, 2nd General Hospital, France, 21 August 1917, aged 26 years |
| Cemetery: |
Ste. Marie Cemetery, Le Havre Div. 62 Plot I, Row H, Grave No. 2 |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Newtown All Saints Church Honour Roll |
World War 1 Service
| 29 May 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2537, 6th Infantry Battalion, Melbourne, Vic. | |
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| 16 Jul 1915: | Involvement Private, 2537, 6th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Demosthenes embarkation_ship_number: A64 public_note: '' | |
| 16 Jul 1915: | Embarked Private, 2537, 6th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Demosthenes, Melbourne |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of David and Mary Ellen DICKSON, 81 Aphrasia Street, Newtwown, Geelong, Victoria.
At the morning service, yesterday, Cannon Wheeler said - "I desire to pay my tribute of respect to the memory of Private Archibald David Dickson, who, during the past week has been reported as having died of illness while on active service. Archie, as most of us called him, will be greatly missed by a considerable section of this congregation, to whome he was very well known. He enlisted early in the war, and until he contracted the illness from which he ha died, he had enjoyed good health and immunity from wounds. He possessed a keen sense of fun, and will always be affectionately remembered for his unfailing good nature, and for his many humerous performances at our parochial entertainments. He was a scholar of St. James' Sunday School, and attended this church and possessed stirling qualaties of character, which won the sincere respect of those who new him best. "