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George William DICKISON

Regimental number3735
Place of birthSandhurst, Victoria
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationSalesman
Address52 Walker Street, North Sydney, New South Wales
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation38
Height5' 5"
Weight128 lbs
Next of kinMother, Mrs J Dickison, 455 Alford Street, North Sydney, New South Wales
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date14 August 1915
Place of enlistmentHolsworthy, New South Wales
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name4th Battalion, 12th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/21/3
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A7 Medic on 30 December 1915
Rank from Nominal RollSergeant
Unit from Nominal Roll4th Battalion
FateReturned to Australia 18 January 1919
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Photo: Andrew Richardson
Discharge date19 July 1919
Other details

War service: Egypt, Western Front

Commenced return to Australia on board HT 'Ulysses', 18 January 1919; arrived Melbourne, 4 March 1919, for onward travel by boat to Sydney; discharged (medically unfit: bronchitis), Sydney, 19 July 1919.

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

Death attributed to War Service.
Date of death24 April 1943
Age at death67
Place of burialRookwood Necropolis, Sydney, New South Wales
SourcesNAA: B2455, DICKISON George William

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