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DICK, Alexander Sinclair
(Service number 6/444)

Chalmers Church memorial plaque, photographed in 2010 — South Canterbury Museum 2013/155.28 (South Canterbury Museum )

Aliases	Sinclair
First Rank	Private	Last Rank	Private

Birth

Date	25/09/1891	Place of Birth	Hamilton

Enlistment Information

Date	17 August 1914	Age	22 yrs 11 mths
Address at Enlistment	144 North Street, Timaru
Occupation	Labourer
Previous Military Experience
Marital Status	Single
Next of Kin	Mrs Jane DICK (mother), 144 North Street, Timaru
Religion	Presbyterian
Medical Information

Military Service

Served with	NZ Armed Forces	Served in	Army
Military District

Embarkation Information

Body on Embarkation	Main Body
Unit, Squadron, or Ship	Canterbury Infantry Battalion
Date	16 October 1914
Transport	Tahiti or Athenic
Embarked From	Lyttelton, Canterbury	Destination	Suez, Egypt

Other Units Served With
Last Unit Served With	Canterbury Infantry Regiment, 2nd Battalion, S Company

Military Awards

Campaigns	Gallipoli
Service Medals	1914-15 Star; British War Medal; Victory Medal
Military Awards

Award Circumstances and Date

No information

Prisoner of War Information

Date of Capture
Where Captured and by Whom
Actions Prior to Capture
PoW Serial Number
PoW Camps
Days Interned
Liberation Date

Discharge

Date		Reason

Hospitals, Wounds, Diseases and Illnesses

11 July 1915 sent to Hospital, Dardanelles. 20 April 1915 & 13 July 1915 admitted to Staty Hospital, Malta; June 1915 advice received that he had been discharged cured & was at the base, Alexandria; 18 July 1915 admitted to Tigne Hospital, Malta. Four times in hospital during service at the Front.

Post-war Occupations

Death

Date	14 November 1915	Age	20 (or 23 or 24)
Place of Death	Gallipoli
Cause	Killed in action
Notices	Timaru Herald, 7 Dec 1915 & 9 Dec 1915
Memorial or Cemetery	Embarkation Pier Cemetery, Turkey (Chester Ridge, Anzac)
Memorial Reference	Special Memorial B. 50
New Zealand Memorials	On Memorial wall, Timaru; Chalmers Church

Biographical Notes

Youngest son of Gavin & Jane DICK, of Timaru. Brother of Douglas Graham DICK also served & wounded WWI. Attended Main School. Four times wounded at the Front. Well liked, of cheerful, bright diposition.

Sources

Cenotaph Database [31 July 2017]; NZ Defence Force Personnel Records (Archives NZ Ref. AABK 18805 W5537 0033706) [01 August 2013]; CWGC [31 July 2013]; WWI GALLIPOLI MEDALS, BROTHERS, ONE KIA ONE WIA (Trade Me, 18 Aug 2009 - Medals & documents for sale) [31 July 2013]; Timaru Herald, 8 June 1915, 7 & 9 December 1915, 15 November 1920 (Papers Past) [19 November 2013, 11 December 2013].

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