Dickinson, John William

Gosford District Casualties of World War One Bragg, Edmund Allen Dickinson, John William

Service Number Number 2356 1494 Service 19th July May 1915 Killed in Action 15th 1916 Gallipoli Peninsula France

Gosford City Council gratefully acknowledges the voluntary efforts of Benalyn Campbell And Vivienne Tranter in compiling this resource

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NAME

Dickinson, John William

SERVICE NO

2356

UNIT

4th Battalion/ 7th Reinf.

RANK

Private

AGE at Enlistment

30 yrs 6 mths

PLACE OF BIRTH

Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England.

ADDRESS OCCUPATION

Gardener

DATE OF ENLISTMENT

10 May 1915

PLACE OF ENLISTMENT PREVIOUS SERVICE

Liverpool, NSW

NEXT OF KIN PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION

Cecil Dickinson changed to wife Essel Dickinson, Ourimbah/ Nurse Dickinson Womens Hosp Newtown.

Height-5’8½”. Weight-150lbs. Chest-33-36 Complexion-Dark. Eyes-Grey. Hair-Dk Brown.

RELIGION

C/E

3 yrs 3rd Btn. Lanc. Fusiliers

EMBARKED DISEMBARKED NOTES WOUNDED/ILLNESS DIED

15 Jul 1916- France

BURIED MEDALS

1914-15 Star-10482, British War Medal-, Victory Medal-15936. Memorial Plaque & Scroll-302824

DEPENDANTS PERSONAL EFFECTS WILL CORRESPONDENCE REMARKS

Victory Medal– returned unclaimed

Ancestry.com Lists birth as c.1885, England Marriage 1909 Sydney NSW to Ethel (Essel) Jospha Ann Pomroy Died 25/6/1916—France See Photo NSW Marriages 1909/10309 reg. Sydney-Dickinson, John W & Pomroy, Essel J

Dickinson—John Wm—2356. Portrait—sc. Courtesy of Ancestry.com

Gosford Times 1st September 1916 DICKINSON-JOHN WM 2356 Mrs. Dickinson, whose husband was lately killed in action, left here last Monday week.

Abridged record/s courtesy of the National Archives of Australia (NAA) Series No: B2455 Item Barcode: 3505529

Abridged record/s courtesy of the National Archives of Australia (NAA) Series No: B2455 Item Barcode: 3505529

Abridged record/s courtesy of the National Archives of Australia (NAA) Series No: B2455 Item Barcode: 3505529

Abridged record/s courtesy of the National Archives of Australia (NAA) Series No: B2455 Item Barcode: 3505529

Abridged record/s courtesy of the National Archives of Australia (NAA) Series No: B2455 Item Barcode: 3505529

Abridged record/s courtesy of the National Archives of Australia (NAA) Series No: B2455 Item Barcode: 3505529

Abridged record/s courtesy of the National Archives of Australia (NAA) Series No: B2455 Item Barcode: 3505529

Abridged record/s courtesy of the National Archives of Australia (NAA) Series No: B2455 Item Barcode: 3505529

Abridged record/s courtesy of the National Archives of Australia (NAA) Series No: B2455 Item Barcode: 3505529

Abridged record/s courtesy of the National Archives of Australia (NAA) Series No: B2455 Item Barcode: 3505529

Abridged record/s courtesy of the National Archives of Australia (NAA) Series No: B2455 Item Barcode: 3505529

Abridged record/s courtesy of the National Archives of Australia (NAA) Series No: B2455 Item Barcode: 3505529

Abridged record/s courtesy of the National Archives of Australia (NAA) Series No: B2455 Item Barcode: 3505529