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Henry Stanley DIXON

Regimental number2205
Place of birthSheffield England
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationLabourer
AddressWharncliff War Hospital, Sheffield
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation20
Next of kinMother, Mrs Elizabeth Dixon, Wharncliff War Hospital, Sheffield
Enlistment date5 July 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name29th Battalion, 3rd Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/46/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A70 Ballarat on 18 February 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll29th Battalion
FateDied of wounds 7 November 1916
Age at death from cemetery records20
Place of burialHeilly Station Cemetery (Plot V, Row F, Grave No. 23), Mericourt-L'Abbe, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
115
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Joseph Ashby and Elizabeth DIXON, Newtown, Charfield, Gloucestershire, England. Native of Wadsley, Sheffield, England
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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