Gosford District Casualties of World War One

Bragg, Edmund Allen Service Number 1494

Killed in Action 19th May 1915 Gallipoli Peninsula

Gosford District Casualties of World War One

Dickinson, John William Service Number 2356

Killed in Action 15th July 1916 France

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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 ENLIST-MENT

Liverpool, NSW

PREVIOUS SERVICE 3 yrs 3rd Btn. Lanc. Fusiliers

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

PHYSICAL DESCRIP-TION

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

RELIGION C/E

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.

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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