Herbert Spencer DICKINSON

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DICKINSON, Herbert Spencer

Service Number:	600
Enlisted:	17 August 1914, Prahran, Victoria
Last Rank:	Captain
Last Unit:	57th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Childers, Victoria, 1892
Home Town:	Malvern, Stonnington, Victoria
Schooling:	Wesley College
Occupation:	Accountant
Died:	Killed In Action, Belgium, 25 September 1917
Cemetery:	The Huts Cemetery, Dickebusch, Belgium
Memorials:	Armadale Baptist Church Memorial Window, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Thorpdale War Memorial

World War 1 Service

17 Aug 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 600, Prahran, Victoria
21 Oct 1914:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 600, 5th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Orvieto embarkation_ship_number: A3 public_note: ''
21 Oct 1914:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 600, 5th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Orvieto, Melbourne
25 Apr 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Corporal, 600, 5th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli
2 May 1915:	Promoted AIF WW1, Company Quartermaster Sergeant, 5th Infantry Battalion
9 May 1915:	Promoted AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, 5th Infantry Battalion
17 Feb 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, 57th Infantry Battalion
9 Apr 1916:	Promoted AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 57th Infantry Battalion
30 May 1916:	Promoted AIF WW1, Captain, 57th Infantry Battalion
25 Sep 1917:	Involvement AIF WW1, Captain, 57th Infantry Battalion, Menin Road, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: awm_unit: 57 Battalion awm_rank: Captain awm_died_date: 1917-09-25

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Biography contributed by John Edwards

"...Captain Herbert Spencer Dickinson, 57th Battalion, of Malvern, Vic, Capt Dickinson enlisted on 17 August 1914 and served at Gallipoli and France. He was killed in action on 25 September 1917 at Polygon Wood, Belgium. Capt Dickinson was born in Childers, Vic, and educated at Wesley College, Melbourne, where he was a member of the rowing team as well as the Victorian State rowing team. Prior to enlistment he worked as an accountant." - SOURCE (www.awm.gov.au)

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