DIMMICK, Thomas Highmore
| Service Number: | 2867 |
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| Enlisted: | 26 October 1915, Adelaide, South Australia |
| Last Rank: | Sergeant |
| Last Unit: | 32nd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Brompton, South Australia, Australia , 1893 |
| Home Town: | Brompton, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Brompton Public School, South Australia |
| Occupation: | Carpenter |
| Died: | Heart failure, France, 25 April 1917 |
| Cemetery: |
Peronne Road Cemetery, Maricourt IV E 17 |
| Memorials: | Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Hindmarsh Star of Freedom Tent No 4 IOOR WW1 Roll of Honor, Hindmarsh Way Memorial Methodist Church Honour Roll, Renown Park Brompton School Great War Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 26 Oct 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2867, Adelaide, South Australia | |
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| 11 Apr 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2867, 32nd Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '17' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Aeneas embarkation_ship_number: A60 public_note: '' | |
| 11 Apr 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 2867, 32nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Aeneas, Adelaide | |
| 19 Oct 1916: | Promoted AIF WW1, Sergeant, 32nd Infantry Battalion | |
| 25 Apr 1917: | Involvement AIF WW1, Sergeant, 2867, 32nd Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 2867 awm_unit: 32nd Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Sergeant awm_died_date: 1917-04-25 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by John Edwards
"...2867 Private Thomas Highmore Dimmick, 32nd Battalion. A carpenter from Brompton, South Australia, prior to enlistment, he embarked as an Acting Sergeant with the 6th Reinforcements from Adelaide on 11 April 1916 aboard HMAT Aeneas for Suez. The battalion relocated to the Western Front, France, during June 1916. In mid-October 1916 he was promoted to the substantive rank of Sergeant (Sgt) and in late October he was hospitalised with rheumatism and myalgia for four months before rejoining his battalion near Albert, France. Sgt Dimmick died of heart failure while on unit training near Bapaume, France, on 25 April 1917 and is buried in the Peronne Road Cemetery, Maricourt, France. He was aged 24 years." - SOURCE (www.awm.gov.au)
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