Regimental number | 3560 |
Place of birth | Kempsey, New South Wales |
School | Sherwood Public School, New South Wales |
Religion | Church of England |
Occupation | Labourer |
Address | Macleay River, New South Wales |
Marital status | Single |
Age at embarkation | 19 |
Height | 5' 6" |
Weight | 148 lbs |
Next of kin | Father, James Henry Dyson, Sherwood, Macleay River, New South Wales |
Previous military service | Nil (previously rejected: 'Failed in Riding Test for Light Horse') |
Enlistment date | |
Place of enlistment | Holsworthy, New South Wales |
Rank on enlistment | Private |
Unit name | 18th Battalion, 8th Reinforcement |
AWM Embarkation Roll number | 23/35/2 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A60 Aeneas on |
Regimental number from Nominal Roll | 3560A |
Rank from Nominal Roll | Private |
Unit from Nominal Roll | 54th Battalion |
Fate | Killed in Action |
Place of death or wounding | Fromelles, France |
Age at death | 19.11 |
Age at death from cemetery records | 19 |
Place of burial | Fromelles (Pheasant Wood) Military Cemetery (Plot III, Row A, Grave No 1), France |
Panel number, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial | 159 |
Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Parents: James Henry and Hannah Eliza DYSON, Sherwood, New South Wales |
Family/military connections | Brother: 3559 Pte Bert Edward DYSON, 18th Bn, killed in action, 20 September 1917. |
Other details |
War service: Egypt, Western Front Admitted No 4 Auxiliary Hospital, Heliopolis, 28 February 1916 (mumps); discharged to duty, 6 March 1916. Transferred to 54th Bn, from 5th Brigade Details, Moascar, 3 April 1916; joined 54th Bn, Ferry Post, 3 April 1916. Embarked Alexandria to join the British Expeditionary Force, 19 June 1916; disembarked Marseilles, France, 29 June 1916. Reported missing, 19/20 July 1916. Identification disc received from Germany. No particulars afforded except that the soldier is dead. To be reported as killed in action, 19/20 July 1916 on the authority of the Assistant Adjutant General, ANZAC Section, War Office, 13 March 1917. On 18 January 1917, Private J. R. Matthews, 4811, 15 Platoon, D Company, 54th Bn, made the following statement, 'Pte. R. Clark D Co. XV pltn. told me that he saw Dyson killed in the German line at Fromelles on 19th July'. Translation of German report, 27 October 1919, 'Iden: Disc handed over by Intell: Officer with 6th Army H. Q. 12/10/16[.] Australian Pte. F. A. Dyson, 3560, 54th Bn. fell in the neighbourhood of Fromelles on 19/7/16.' Red Cross File No 980411: 'The above name appeared on German death list dated 4-11-16.' Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal Originally listed as 'No Known Grave' and commemorated at V.C. Corner (Panel No 10), Australian Cemetery, Fromelles; subsequently (2010) identified, and interred in the Fromelles (Pheasant Wood) Military Cemetery, France. |
Sources | NAA: B2455, DYSON Fred Arthur
Red Cross file 980411 |