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Selwyn Ray DICKSON

Place of birthBeechworth, Victoria
ReligionPresbyterian
OccupationSolicitor
AddressArmadale, Victoria
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation26
Next of kinFather, W Dickson, Mines Department, Melbourne, Victoria
Enlistment date15 February 1917
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll15 August 1917
Rank on enlistment2nd Lieutenant
Unit name21st Battalion, 20th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/38/4
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A71 Nestor on 21 November 1917
Rank from Nominal RollLieutenant
Unit from Nominal Roll21st Battalion
FateKilled in Action 1 September 1918
Age at death from cemetery records27
Place of burialPeronne Communal Cemetery Extension (Plot V, Row G, Grave No. 1), France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
93
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: William and Jane Cathcart Lamont DICKSON, 6 Grandview Grove, Armadale, Victoria. Born at Beechworth, Victoria
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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