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DICKSON, Henry Allen
(Service number 2/2984)

Aliases
First Rank	Driver	Last Rank

Birth

Date	*1894	Place of Birth	Timaru

Enlistment Information

Date		Age
Address at Enlistment
Occupation	Fireman
Previous Military Experience
Marital Status
Next of Kin	W. DICKSON (father), 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	11th Reinforcements, New Zealand Field Artillery, No. 3 Brigade Ammunition Column (Egypt)
Date	1 April 1916
Transport	Tahiti or Maunganui
Embarked From		Destination	Suez, Egypt

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Military Awards

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Award Circumstances and Date

No information

Prisoner of War Information

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Actions Prior to Capture
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Liberation Date

Discharge

Date		Reason

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Death

Date	19 February 1976	Age	81 years
Place of Death
Cause
Notices
Memorial or Cemetery	North Shore Cemetery
Memorial Reference
New Zealand Memorials

Biographical Notes

Henry Allen Dickson was the second son of William and Mary Jane (née Richardson) Dickson. He was educated at Timaru South School. Henry returned to New Zealand in May 1919 per the "Carpentaria". He married Jane Grogan in 1922.

Sources

Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Database [11 April 2019]; NZ BDM Indexes (Department of Internal Affairs) [10 April 2019]; School Admission record (South Canterbury Branch NZSG) [11 April 2019]; Sun, 3 May 1919 (Papers Past) [08 April 2019]

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Researched and Written by

Teresa Scott, SC branch NZSG

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