| Regimental number | 50727 |
| Place of birth | Tent Hill, New South Wales |
| Religion | Church of England |
| Occupation | Labourer |
| Address | Grosvenor Hotel, Rockhampton, Queensland |
| Marital status | Single |
| Age at embarkation | 27 |
| Height | 5' 7" |
| Weight | 164 lbs |
| Next of kin | Father, W.H. Dickson, Inverell, New South Wales |
| Previous military service | Nil |
| Enlistment date | |
| Place of enlistment | Rockhampton, Queensland |
| Rank on enlistment | Private |
| Unit name | Queensland Reinforcement 1 |
| AWM Embarkation Roll number | 23/111/1 |
| Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board RMS Osterley on |
| Regimental number from Nominal Roll | 20727 |
| Rank from Nominal Roll | Private |
| Unit from Nominal Roll | Machine Gun Battalion Details |
| Fate | Died of disease |
| Place of burial | Tidworth Military Cemetery (Row C, Grave No. 336), North Tidworth, Wiltshire. |
| Panel number, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial | 180 |
| Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Town. Rockhampton, Queensland |
| Other details |
War service: England. Entrained Brisbane, 5 May 1918; embarked Sydney, 8 May 1918; disembarked Liverpool, England, 10 July 1918; marched into 9th Training Bn, Fovant, 11 July 1918, and allotted to 41st Bn Reinforcements the same day. Transferred to Machine Gun Corps, 2 October 1918, and marched into Machine Gun Training Depot, Parkhouse, the same day. Died, Tidworth Military Hospital, 14 October 1918 (double pneumonia). Buried, Tidworth Military Cemetery, 17 October 1918. Medal: British War Medal. |
| Sources | NAA: B2455, DICKSON Rowland James |
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