Harold Charles DYER

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DYER, Harold Charles

Service Number:	775
Enlisted:	17 August 1914, With HQ Section
Last Rank:	Lieutenant
Last Unit:	8th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Carlton, Victoria, Australia, 1893
Home Town:	Hawthorn, Boroondara, Victoria
Schooling:	Camberwell State School, Victoria, Australia
Occupation:	Ironmonger
Died:	Killed In Action, France, 9 August 1918
Cemetery:	Heath Cemetery, Picardie Plot VII, Row J, Grave No. 12
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World War 1 Service

17 Aug 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Driver, 775, 8th Infantry Battalion, With HQ Section
19 Oct 1914:	Involvement Driver, 775, 8th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Benalla embarkation_ship_number: A24 public_note: ''
19 Oct 1914:	Embarked Driver, 775, 8th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Benalla, Melbourne
6 May 1918:	Promoted AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 8th Infantry Battalion
9 Aug 1918:	Involvement Lieutenant, 8th Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: awm_unit: 8 Battalion awm_rank: Lieutenant awm_died_date: 1918-08-09

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Biography contributed by Stephen Brooks

Lieutenant Harold Dyer enlisted with the 8th Battalion, 1st Division AIF during August 1914 and served continuously to the day of his death in August 1918, four years.

After serving at Gallipoli from the day of the landing, Driver Dyer proceeded to France with the battalion in March 1916. He was promoted to Lance Corporal on 1 September 1917 and after being awarded a Military Medal for conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty during an attack near Zonnebeke, Belgium on 4 October 1917, he was promoted to Corporal on 14 October 1917.

The recommendation for his Military Medal states, 'For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty near ZONNEBEKE east of YPRES on 4th October, 1917. Cpl. DYER led his section throughout the attack and he directed the consolidation of his section under heavy fire, showing a great example of coolness and skill in the selection of positions and handling of his men.'

He was further promoted to Second Lieutenant on 15 October 1917 and then promoted to Lieutenant on 6 May 1918. Lt Dyer was killed in action near Rosieres, France on 9 August 1918 and is buried in the Heath Military Cemetery, Harbonnieres, France. Many soldiers witnessed his death during an advance on Rosieres, when he was mortally wounded by in the lower torso by machine gun fire and died soon after.

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