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DICKSON, William
(Service number 3/3804)

Aliases
First Rank	Private	Last Rank

Birth

Date	*1896	Place of Birth	Timaru

Enlistment Information

Date		Age
Address at Enlistment
Occupation	Postal clerk
Previous Military Experience
Marital Status
Next of Kin	Mrs Mary DICKSON (mother), King Street, Timaru
Religion
Medical Information

Military Service

Served with	NZ Armed Forces	Served in	Army
Military District

Embarkation Information

Body on Embarkation	New Zealand Expeditionary Force
Unit, Squadron, or Ship	33rd Reinforcements, New Zealand Medical Corps
Date	31 December 1917
Transport	Athenic
Embarked From		Destination

Other Units Served With
Last Unit Served With

Military Awards

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No information

Prisoner of War Information

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

Discharge

Date		Reason

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Death

Date		Age
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Memorial Reference
New Zealand Memorials

Biographical Notes

William Dickson was the youngest son of William and Mary Jane (née Richardson) Dickson, and a brother of Henry Allen Dickson who also served in World War I. .

Sources

Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Database [11 April 2019]; NZ BDM Indexes (Department of Internal Affairs) [10 April 2019]

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Researched and Written by

Teresa Scott, SC branch NZSG

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