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BORN:  Neil Stanley Dickson
Rootsweb ID: I405322 Birth Record: 10 June 1886 in Jamestown, South Australia

Father John Sydney Dickson and Mother Caroline Dickson (nee Flavel), Jamestown, South Australia.

Wife  Cecelia Jane Dickson (nee FYFE - b.1883 SA - d. 1946)
         (In 1903 lived at Minburra, South Australia)

Next of kin in service:
Brothers:
2346  -  Francis Isaac Dickson
             Private in 27th Infantry Battalion
             22/6/1915 enlisted at Keswick
             14/10/1915 embarked from Port Adelaide on HMAT Themistocles A32
             3/7/1918 killed in action
             Re-interned in Adelaide Cemetery, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France

4104  -  Morgan James Dickson
              Private in 27th Battalion
              9/8/1915  enlisted
              9/3/1916  embarked Port Adelaide onboard RMS Mongolia
              23/9/1918 returned to Australia

1536 - Frederick Roy Vincent Dickson
            Private in 9th Light Horse Regiment
            10/9/1915    enlisted
            18/11/1915  embarked Port Adelaide, onboard HMAT A2 Geelong
            22/12/1915  returned to Australia
            1/2/1920      passed away
            buried in:      Jamestown Cemetery, South Australia

Cousins:
5324 - William Henry Clerke - from Solomontown, SA
            Private in 27th Battalion
            12/8/1916 embarked Port Adelaide, SA, on board HMAT A70 Ballarat
            Private in Australian Veterinary Corps
            3/3/1919 returned to Australia
            15/6/1955 passed away, buried in Port Pirie Cemetery

2611 - Richard Roy Clerke (also known under Clarke)
            Driver in 14th Australian Field Artillery Brigade
            28/7/1915  enlisted
            27/10/1915 embarked Port Adelaide, onboard HMAT Benalla A24
            1/10/1917  died of wounds 
            Menin Road South Military Cemetery, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium        
        

In 1903 in Minburra, South Australia, Neil left for New Zealand, without his wife.

On enlisting he stated he was born in Scotland, worked as a Traveller;

37yrs 4mths; 5' 7.5" tall; fair complexion; blue eyes; fair hair

He stated his NOK: D.J. Dickson (brother), Balnagowan, Skilmorlie, Ayrshire, Scotland
and later Miss B R King, Winton, Southland, New Zealand.

18/10/1915   enlisted in NZ

23/10/1915    posted to D Squadron, 9th Regiment R G 659

8/1/1916       embarked with New Zealand Expeditionary Force
                    onboard HMNZT 37 ex Wellington, New Zealand
                    as a Trooper in 9th Reinforcements Otago Mounted Rifles, D Squadron
12/2/1916     disembarked into Suez, Egypt

11/3/1916     transferred to 2nd Battalion Otago Infantry Regiment, Ismalia
                    posted to 8th Company

9/4/1916       embarked for France onboard Flandovery Castle, ex Alexandria

17/10/1916   promoted to Lance Corporal, Rouen, France

22/10/1916   awarded MILITARY MEDAL - gallantry in the field

17/11/1916   sent to hospital, in the field
                    admitted 3rd NZ Field Ambulance, in the field
                    admitted 8th Casualty Clearing Station
18/11/1916   admitted to No.2 Canadian Stationary Hospital
19/11/1916   transferred 2nd NZ General Hospital, Walton
22/11/1916   Embarked for England onboard HS St Denis
                    admitted to 2nd London General Hospital, Chelsea, England

4/5/1917       classified unift and placed on NZ Roll, England

5/5/1917       discharged to sick leave, Walton, England

14/7/1917     embarked for NZ onboard Marama, ex Avonmouth, England

27/8/1917     service in NZ

6/12/1917     discharged from service in NZ

Total service:  2 years 48 days (1 year 231 days overseas)

Suffered from influenza and pneumonia.

19/11/1918    passed away from influenza and pneumonia.

buried in:       Winton Cemetery
                     7 Old Survey Block VI and 8

Sourced and submitted by Julianne T Ryan.  31/5/2016.  Lest we forget.

Thank you to Kaye Bottrall, Jamestown, South Australia, for his picture.

Information sourced through:
Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume II. Wellington:
Govt. Printer, 1917