dixon, david william

Gosford District Casualties of World War One

Bragg, Edmund Allen Service Number 1494

Killed in Action 19th May 1915 Gallipoli Peninsula

Gosford District Casualties of World War One

Dixon, David William Service Number 4705

Killed in Action 8th August 1918 Warfusse-Villers Bretonneux, France

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NAME Dixon, David William

SERVICE NO 4705

UNIT 17th Battalion/ 12th Rienf.

RANK Private

AGE at Enlistment 24 yrs 5 mths

PLACE OF BIRTH Bombala, NSW

ADDRESS

OCCUPATION Labourer/ apprentice 3 yrs 7 mths J J Thield ? Wyong.

DATE OF ENLISTMENT 1 Feb 1916

PLACE OF ENLIST-MENT

RAS Grounds Sydney

PREVIOUS SERVICE

NEXT OF KIN Father;- William David Dixon, Wyong, NSW

PHYSICAL DESCRIP-TION

Height-5’2½”. Weight- 120lbs. Chest-32-34 Complexion-Dark. Eyes-Grey. Hair-Brown. Scar under left Chin

RELIGION Methodist

EMBARKED 14 Apr 1916 per “Ceramic”

DISEMBARKED

NOTES

WOUNDED/ILLNESS 14 Jul 1916 Bulford Hosp Eng – VD 15 days. 18 Jan 1917 Hosp France- Phthisis ret England/ rejoined unit. Returned France 10 Oct 1917

28 Jun 1918 – 20 Jul 1918 Hosp France- Influenza/Bronchitis

DIED 8 Aug 1918- Warfusse- Villers Bretonneux, France- Killed by Shell explosion.

BURIED About 5yards from where he fell. Re-interred Villers Bretonneux Cem Plot 7 Row C Gve 6.

MEDALS British War Medal-36329, Victory Medal-36052. Memorial Plaque & Scroll-349623

DEPENDANTS

PERSONAL EFFECTS 2 Wallets, 2 Note Books, Letters, Cards.

WILL

CORRESPONDENCE

REMARKS

RED CROSS REPORT Yes

NSW Births: Dixon, William D 1890 / 7408 reg. Bombala parents William David Dixon and Sarah (Ann Dent)

Sydney Morning Herald 31st August 1918, pg.12 ROLL OF HONOR

DIXON—Killed in action, August 8, 1918. No. 4705. Private D W Dixon, 17th Battalion. Thy will be done. Inserted by his loving sister and brother-in-law Annie and Dick Bartlett.