Frederick Vincent Roy DICKSON

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DICKSON, Frederick Vincent Roy

Service Number:	1536
Enlisted:	10 September 1915, Adelaide, South Australia
Last Rank:	Trooper
Last Unit:	9th Light Horse Regiment
Born:	Jamestown, South Australia, 5 November 1890
Home Town:	Jamestown, Northern Areas, South Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Died of Illness, Jamestown, South Australia, 1 February 1920, aged 29 years
Cemetery:	Jamestown Cemetery, South Australia Section C K; Plot 01
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Jamestown Methodist Church WW1 Roll of Honor, Jamestown Presbyterian Church WW1 Honor Roll, Jamestown Soldier's Memorial Park Arch

World War 1 Service

10 Sep 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1536, Adelaide, South Australia
18 Nov 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1536, 9th Light Horse Regiment, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '2' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Geelong embarkation_ship_number: A2 public_note: ''
18 Nov 1915:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 1536, 9th Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Geelong, Adelaide
31 Mar 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Trooper, 1536, 9th Light Horse Regiment

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Biography contributed by Julianne Ryan

Rootsweb ID: I429027 Birth Record: Nov 1890 in Jamestown, South Australia
BORN: Vincent Fredrick Roy DICKSON (also known as Frederick Vincent Roy Dickson)

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

Wife: Emma Dickson (nee Rosser), living at North Parade, Jamestown, SA.
and 3 children

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

9/1822 Neil Stanley Dickson (MM)
              Lance Corporal - NZ, Otago Infantry Battalion
              1903 left Australia for New Zealand
              18/10/1915 enlisted
              8/1/1916     embarked NZ for Suez, Egypt
              22/10/1916 received Military Medal - gallantry in the field
              6/12/1917    discharged from service in NZ
19/11/1918 passed away from influenza / pneumonia
buried in:    Winton Cemetery, Winton, NZ

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

Described on enlisting as 24yrs 10mths old; married; 5' 8" tall; 155 lbs;
fair complexion; blue eyes; brown hair; Roman Catholic

10/9/1915 enlisted in Adelaide, SA
appointed to Base Light Horse, Mitcham Camp

16/9/1915 E Company, 2nd Depot
1/10/1915 12th Reinforcement, 9th Light Horse Regiment, Mitcham

18/11/1915 embarked from Outer Harbour, Port Adelaide, SA onboard HMAT A2 Geelong
as a Private in 9th Light Horse Regiment, 12th Reinforcement

28/12/1915 taken on strength 9th Light Horse Regiment, Heliopolis

27/2/1916 marched out with regiment to Serapeum

13/3/1916 sick to hospital
20/3/1916 returned to duty

5/9/1916       sick to hospital - Port Said, Egypt
15/9/1916     to hospital train, for Cairo
27/10/1916   transferred from 31st General Hospital to hospital

31/10/1916 taken on strength 3rd Training Regiment

2/11/1916 sick to hospital
22/11/1916 discharge to Moascar

16/1/1917 transferred to 9th Light Horse Regiment

19/4/1917 Trooper wounded in action - right ankle, near Gaza Palestine
and evacuated to hospital

27/4/1917 gun shot wound leg and ankle
admitted to 14th Australian General Hospital, Egypt

28/7/1917 discharged to Moascar

30/4/1918     gun shot wound right thigh at Es Salt, Palestine
                    and had a large gaping wound of muscles in side and frong of thigh
                    Had a sense of weakness and little pain in right ankle

10/5/1918 admitted to 24th Stationary Hospital, Egypt

22/12/1918 returned to Australia onboard Leicestershire
22/1/1919 disembarked into Australia

12/2/1919 No.15 Australian General Hospital, Torrens Park

31/3/1919 discharged from service

Total service: 3 years 203 days (3 years 66 days overseas)

Medals: 1914-15 Star (74724), British War Medal (7913) and Victory Medal (7850)

Last live in Jamestown, South Australia

1/2/1920     passed away in Jamestown, SA - 29yrs of age
buried in:     Jamestown Cemetery
                  Section C K; Plot 01

His name is commemorated on Panel 7 at the Australian War Memorial, Canberra, ACT.

Sourced and submitted by Julianne T Ryan. 1/6/2016. Lest we forget.

Thank you to Kaye Bottrall, Jamestown, SA for her information and picture.

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