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DICKSON, Donald McKenzie
(Service number 10/1468)

Private D Mck Dickson
Chalmers Church memorial plaque, photographed in 2010
Aliases
First Rank Private Last Rank Private

Birth

Date Unknown Place of Birth

Enlistment Information

Date Age
Address at Enlistment 56 Elizabeth St, Timaru
Occupation
Previous Military Experience
Marital Status Single
Next of Kin David Murray Dickson (father), 56 Elizabeth St, Timaru
Religion
Medical Information

Military Service

Served with NZ Armed Forces Served in Army
Military District

Embarkation Information

Body on Embarkation 3rd Reinforcements
Unit, Squadron, or Ship Wellington Infantry Battalion
Date 14 February 1915
Transport Maunganui or Tahiti or Aparima
Embarked From Wellington Destination Suez, Egypt
Other Units Served With
Last Unit Served With Wellington Infantry Battalion

Military Awards

Campaigns
Service Medals
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

Post-war Occupations

Death

Date 18 July 1915 Age 21
Place of Death Gallipoli, Turkey
Cause Killed in action
Notices
Memorial or Cemetery Shrapnel Valley Cemetery, Anzac, Turkey
Memorial Reference III. F. 20
New Zealand Memorials On Memorial wall, Timaru; Chalmers Church Memorial Plaque

Biographical Notes

son of David Murray Dickson, 20 Clyde St, Timaru

Sources

Cenotaph Jan 2014

External Links

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Researched and Written by

Carol Bell, SC branch NZSG & Timaru Herald

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