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DIXON, Robert Leigh
Personal Details
Service Number: | 849 |
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Enlisted: | 13 April 1915, Liverpool |
Last Rank: | Corporal |
Last Unit: | 2nd Field Squadron Engineers |
Born: | Blaney, New South Wales, Australia, 12 May 1889 |
Home Town: | Maclean, Clarence Valley, New South Wales |
Schooling: | Maitland Boys’ High School, New South Wales, Australia |
Occupation: | Cattle Dealer |
Died: | Natural causes, Mosman, New South Wales, Australia, 12 September 1980, aged 91 years |
Memorials: | Maitland High School Roll of Honour |
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World War 1 Service
13 Apr 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 849, 12th Light Horse Regiment, Liverpool | |
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7 Jun 1915: | Involvement Private, 849, 12th Light Horse Regiment, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '3' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Chilka embarkation_ship_number: A51 public_note: '' | |
7 Jun 1915: | Embarked Private, 849, 12th Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Chilka, Sydney | |
2 Oct 1915: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 7th Light Horse Regiment | |
2 Oct 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 849, 7th Light Horse Regiment, ANZAC / Gallipoli | |
8 Mar 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 12th Light Horse Regiment | |
6 Jun 1917: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 4th Field Troop Engineers | |
14 Sep 1918: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 2nd Field Squadron Engineers | |
17 Oct 1918: | Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 2nd Field Squadron Engineers | |
15 Apr 1919: | Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, 2nd Field Squadron Engineers | |
26 Jul 1919: | Embarked AIF WW1, Corporal, 849, 2nd Field Squadron Engineers, HT Burma, Suez for return to Australia - disembarking Sydney 1 September 1919 | |
31 Oct 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Corporal, 849, 2nd Field Squadron Engineers |
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