DICK, Douglas Graham
(Service number 6/1827)
| First Rank | Private | Last Rank |
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Birth
| Date | 28/02/1905 | Place of Birth |
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Enlistment Information
| Date | Age | ||
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| Address at Enlistment | Timaru | ||
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| Previous Military Experience | |||
| Marital Status | Single | ||
| Next of Kin | Mrs Jane DICK, 144 North Street, Timaru | ||
Military Service
| Served with | NZ Armed Forces | Served in | Army |
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Embarkation Information
| Body on Embarkation | 4th Reinforcements | ||
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| Unit, Squadron, or Ship | Canterbury Infantry Battalion | ||
| Date | 17 April 1915 | ||
| Transport | Willochra or Knight Templar or Waitomo | ||
| Embarked From | Wellington | Destination | Suez, Egypt |
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Military Awards
| Campaigns | Gallipoli | ||
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| Service Medals | 1914-15 Star; British War Medal; Victory Medal | ||
Award Circumstances and Date
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Prisoner of War Information
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Death
| Date | 3 July 1965 | Age | 79 yrs |
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| Memorial or Cemetery | Waikumete Cemetery, Auckland | ||
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Biographical Notes
Son of Gavin & Jane DICK, of Timaru. Brother of Alexander Sinclair DICK also served & killed in action 14 Nov 1915, Gallipoli. In October 1915 he was back home, one of the sick and wounded (some of them cot cases), arriving at Port Chalmers by the Willochra.
Sources
Cenotaph Database [31 July 2013]; Waikumete Cemetery Burial Database [07 August 2013]; WWI GALLIPOLI MEDALS, BROTHERS, ONE KIA ONE WIA (Trade Me, 18 Aug 2009 - Medals & documents for sale) [31 July 2013]; Timaru Herald, 23 October 1915, 1 November 1915 (Papers Past) [18 November 2013; 06 May 2014].
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