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DIX, Frank
Personal Details
Service Number: | 385 |
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Enlisted: | 18 January 1916, Melbourne, Victoria |
Last Rank: | First Class Air Mechanic |
Last Unit: | No. 1 Squadron, Australian Flying Corps |
Born: | East Melbourne, Victoria, July 1893 |
Home Town: | Balwyn, Boroondara, Victoria |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Student |
Memorials: | Camberwell Baptist Church Roll of Honor, Canterbury State School No 3572 Honour Roll |
Service History
World War 1 Service
18 Jan 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 385, Melbourne, Victoria | |
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16 Mar 1916: | Involvement Second Class Air Mechanic, 385, No. 1 Squadron, Australian Flying Corps, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '1' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Orsova embarkation_ship_number: A67 public_note: '' | |
16 Mar 1916: | Embarked Second Class Air Mechanic, 385, No. 1 Squadron, Australian Flying Corps, HMAT Orsova, Melbourne | |
1 Jun 1919: | Discharged First Class Air Mechanic, 385, No. 1 Squadron, Australian Flying Corps |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by John Edwards
"...385 2nd Air Mechanic Frank Dix, a student from East Melbourne, Victoria, prior to enlistment. Dix embarked from Melbourne with the 1st Reinforcements, No. 1 Squadron, Australian Flying Corps on HMAT Orsova (A67) on 16 March 1916. He returned to Australia on 4 March 1919..." - SOURCE (www.awm.gov.au)