Archibald DICKSON

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DICKSON, Archibald

Service Number:	QX13250
Enlisted:	12 July 1940, Mackay, QLD, Australia
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	2nd/26th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 29 April 1916
Home Town:	Brisbane, Brisbane, Queensland
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 5 August 1989, aged 73 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Mount Thompson Memorial Gardens & Crematorium, Queensland (DVA) Official Commemoration - Memorial Location: Columbarium 12/Section 27.
Memorials:	Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial

World War 2 Service

12 Jul 1940:	Involvement Private, QX13250, 2nd/26th Infantry Battalion, Malaya/Singapore
12 Jul 1940:	Enlisted Private, QX13250, 2nd/26th Infantry Battalion, Mackay, QLD, Australia
12 Jul 1940:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, QX13250, 2nd/26th Infantry Battalion
15 Feb 1942:	Imprisoned Malaya/Singapore, POW-Prisoner of War: 15/02/1942, official date of surrender the Allied Forces to Japanese Forces; To - Surrender Date: 10/09/1945, (Japanese Surrender Point Memorial-Labuan, Malaysia) official date of surrender of the Japanese Forces to the Allied Forces. (NAA Pg-6, POW-Prisoner of War).
6 Feb 1946:	Discharged Private, QX13250, 2nd/26th Infantry Battalion
6 Feb 1946:	Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, QX13250, 2nd/26th Infantry Battalion

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Biography

Born: 29 Apr 1916 Melbourne, Victoria (Victoria Birth Register-Reg No: 10127/1916).

NOK: Sister: Lillian McLennan, Upper Coomera, QLD

Mother: Agnes Dickson, c/o Alroy Downs, Northern Territory

Lived at 45 Terrace Street, Paddington, QLD on enlisting.

Described on enlisting as 29yrs 9mths old; single; 5' 4.5" tall; brown eyes;
medium complexion; brown hair

12/7/1940 enlisted at Mackay, Queensland

30/7/1941 embarked onboard HMT EE, Port Melbourne, VIC
18/8/1941 disembarked into Singapore

30/11/1942 admitted to Australian General Hospital, abdomen

15/9/1943 embarked onboard HT Oranje ex Singapore
Private in 2/26 Australian Infantry Battalion

POW at CHANGI Prisoner of War Camp

5/9/1945 recovered from Japanese at CHANGI POW Camp

26/9/1945    disembarked Brisbane per HS Orange
                   admitted to 112 Brisbane Military Hospital - Malaria
29/9/1945    discharged from hospital

Private in 2/26 Australian Infantry Battalion

6/2/1946 discharged from service at Redbank

5/8/1989      passed away
cremated:     Mount Thompson Memorial Gardens
                   placed in Australian War Graves Memorial Wall

Sourced and submitted by Julianne T Ryan. 22/5/2016. Lest we forget.

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