| Regimental number | 1373 |
| Place of birth | Riga, Latvia, Russia |
| School | St Edward's School, Oxford, England |
| Age on arrival in Australia | 26 |
| Religion | Church of England |
| Occupation | Farmer |
| Marital status | Widower |
| Age at embarkation | 33 |
| Height | 5' 8" |
| Weight | 154 lbs |
| Next of kin | Daughter, Miss E Dyson, Alder Hill, Meanwood Road, Leeds, Yorks, England |
| Previous military service | Served for 2.5 years in the Cape Mounted Police, South African War, 1899-1902. |
| Enlistment date | |
| Place of enlistment | Albert Park, Victoria |
| Rank on enlistment | Gunner |
| Unit name | Field Artillery Brigade 2, Brigade Ammunition Column |
| AWM Embarkation Roll number | 13/30/1 |
| Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A27 Southern on |
| Rank from Nominal Roll | Sergeant |
| Unit from Nominal Roll | 5th Divsional Ammunition Column |
| Other details from Roll of Honour Circular | Major Walter ROWLEY VD, late Royal Engineers (Volunteers), wrote to Lt H.E. BUTLER, Intermediate Base, Cairo, 9 August 1915: 'If at any time you have an opportunity of keeping your eye on him [DYSON] I shall be very glad and grateful to you. He is a son of my Wife's sister and is an orphan, his mother and father being dead, the latter died at his birth in Russia, after which he was educated by my Wife and self and has had a varied experience in mining and in South Africa. He has been in my own Office [Rowley & Wilson, Mining Engineers, Leeds], and also at Fowlers, Steam Plough Makers of Leeds of whom you have no doubt heard. He was educated at St. Edward's School, Oxford, and has a brother who is now a Lieutenant in an East Riding Regiment now stationed at Ripon, and is expecting to go very soon, I presume most likely to France. You will please excuse me troubling you with the facts of the case, but I feel I may venture to ask your kindly interest in him, as I think he should in due time make a useful man in the Army, and in a profession that will be most useful to himslef.' |
| Fate | Killed in Action |
| Place of burial | Bonnay Communal Cemetery Extension (Row B, Grave No. 3), France |
| Panel number, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial | 21 |
| Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Parents: William and Emma DYSON. Native of Stradenhof, Riga, Russia. |
| Other details |
War service: Egypt, Gallipoli, Western Front Joined the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, 8 April 1915. Transferred to Rest Camp, Lemnos, 14 September 1915; rejoined unit at Gallipoli, 6 October 1915. Disembarked Alexandria, 27 December 1915 (general Gallipoli evacuation). Transferred to 5th Divisional Artillery, Tel el Kebir, 27 February 1916; taken on strength, 50th Battery, 13th Field Artillery Brigade, 22 March 1916. Appointed Temporary Bombardier, 22 March 1916; transferred to 52nd Battery, 27 March 1916; to Brigade Ammunition Column, 1 April 1916. Promoted Temporary Corporal, Ferry Post, 10 May 1916; Corporal, 14 May 1916. taken on strength, 5th Divisional Ammunition Column, 25 May 1916. Embarked Alexandria to join the British Expeditionary Force, 20 June 1916; disembarked Marseilles, France, 30 June 1916. On leave to the United Kingdom (10 days), 21 December 1916; rejoined unit from leave, 5 January 1917. Promoted Temporary Sergeant, 20 February 1917. Admitted to 5th Divisional Rest Station, 16 March 1917 (scabies); discharged to duty and rejoined unit, 18 March 1917. On Command at 2nd Army Artillery School, 28 September 1917; rejoined unit, 26 October 1917. On leave to United Kingdom (14 days); rejoined unit from leave, 25 January 1918. Killed in action, 24 April 1918. Captain B.R. LAW, CO, 5th Divisional Ammunition Column, stated: 'No. 1373 Sgt Dyson F.W.H. was out with Convoy proceeding to the Batteries with ammunition on the 24-4-18 when a shell exploded about ten yards away, a portion of it strking Dyson near the heart. He then fell off his horse and died about one minute later. He was then carried along by our men and placed in a trench. The B.S.M. 114th How[itzer] B[atter]y took charhe of the body a little later and buried same in No. 3 B. Line, Bonay Military Cemetery, Somme.' Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal |
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