Parents: Arthur Samuel and Elizabeth DIXON, 273 Franklin Street, West Melbourne, Victoria
Regimental number 3717
School King Street State School, West Melbourne, Victoria
Religion Church of England
Occupation Labourer
Address 273 Franklin Street, West Melbourne, Victoria
Marital status Single
Age at embarkation 28
Next of kin Father, F Dixon, 273 Franklin Street, West Melbourne, Victoria
Enlistment date 4 July 1915
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll 9 July 1915, Melbourne, Victoria
Rank on enlistment Private
Unit name 7th Battalion, 12th Reinforcement
Unit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A40 Ceramic on 23 November 1915
Regimental number from Nominal Roll 3717A
Rank from Nominal Roll Private
Unit from Nominal Roll 60th Battalion
Fate Killed in Action 19 July 1916
Place of burial No known grave
Commemoration details V.C. Corner (Panel No 20), Australian Cemetery Memorial, Fromelles, France
War service: Egypt, Western Front
Found guilty, Zeitoun, 21 December 1915, of (1) being absent from Tattoo, 21 December, until apprehended in Cairo at 2215, 21 December; (2) refusing to obey [an] order from an officer of picquet: awarded 124 hours' detention.
Found guilty, Zeitoun, 12 January 1916, of being absent without leave, 12-19 January 1916: forfeited 7 days' pay.
Allotted to and proceeded to join 59th Bn, Tel el Kebir, 26 February 1916.
Transferred to, and taken on strength of 60 th Bn, 15 March 1916.
Admitted to 8th Australian Field Ambulance, South Road Head, 10 May 1916 (boils on neck); transferred to 14th Field Ambulance, 13 May 1916; discharged to duty, and rejoined Bn, Ferry Post, 16 May 1916.
Embarked Alexandria to join the British Expeditionary Force, 18 June 1916; disembarked Marseilles, France, 29 June 1916.
Reported Missing, 19 July 1916.
Court of Enquiry, held in the field, 4 August 1917, pronounced fate as 'Killed in Action, 19 July 1916'.
Statement, Red Cross File No 921103, 2889 Pte W. STEWART, C Company, 60th Bn, 31 May 1917: 'Casualty was a friend of mine, called "Fred". He went over with us in the third wave at Fleurbaix on the 19th July, 1916. I saw him fall, killed by a machine gun bullet. The body was not buried.'
Note on file: No trace Germany[.] Cert. by Capt. Mills 10.10.19.'
Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Regimental number 3717
School King Street State School, West Melbourne, Victoria
Religion Church of England
Occupation Labourer
Address 273 Franklin Street, West Melbourne, Victoria
Marital status Single
Age at embarkation 28
Next of kin Father, F Dixon, 273 Franklin Street, West Melbourne, Victoria
Enlistment date 4 July 1915
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll 9 July 1915, Melbourne, Victoria
Rank on enlistment Private
Unit name 7th Battalion, 12th Reinforcement
Unit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A40 Ceramic on 23 November 1915
Regimental number from Nominal Roll 3717A
Rank from Nominal Roll Private
Unit from Nominal Roll 60th Battalion
Fate Killed in Action 19 July 1916
Place of burial No known grave
Commemoration details V.C. Corner (Panel No 20), Australian Cemetery Memorial, Fromelles, France
War service: Egypt, Western Front
Found guilty, Zeitoun, 21 December 1915, of (1) being absent from Tattoo, 21 December, until apprehended in Cairo at 2215, 21 December; (2) refusing to obey [an] order from an officer of picquet: awarded 124 hours' detention.
Found guilty, Zeitoun, 12 January 1916, of being absent without leave, 12-19 January 1916: forfeited 7 days' pay.
Allotted to and proceeded to join 59th Bn, Tel el Kebir, 26 February 1916.
Transferred to, and taken on strength of 60 th Bn, 15 March 1916.
Admitted to 8th Australian Field Ambulance, South Road Head, 10 May 1916 (boils on neck); transferred to 14th Field Ambulance, 13 May 1916; discharged to duty, and rejoined Bn, Ferry Post, 16 May 1916.
Embarked Alexandria to join the British Expeditionary Force, 18 June 1916; disembarked Marseilles, France, 29 June 1916.
Reported Missing, 19 July 1916.
Court of Enquiry, held in the field, 4 August 1917, pronounced fate as 'Killed in Action, 19 July 1916'.
Statement, Red Cross File No 921103, 2889 Pte W. STEWART, C Company, 60th Bn, 31 May 1917: 'Casualty was a friend of mine, called "Fred". He went over with us in the third wave at Fleurbaix on the 19th July, 1916. I saw him fall, killed by a machine gun bullet. The body was not buried.'
Note on file: No trace Germany[.] Cert. by Capt. Mills 10.10.19.'
Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Parents: Arthur Samuel and Elizabeth DIXON, 273 Franklin Street, West Melbourne, Victoria
Regimental number 3717
School King Street State School, West Melbourne, Victoria
Religion Church of England
Occupation Labourer
Address 273 Franklin Street, West Melbourne, Victoria
Marital status Single
Age at embarkation 28
Next of kin Father, F Dixon, 273 Franklin Street, West Melbourne, Victoria
Enlistment date 4 July 1915
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll 9 July 1915, Melbourne, Victoria
Rank on enlistment Private
Unit name 7th Battalion, 12th Reinforcement
Unit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A40 Ceramic on 23 November 1915
Regimental number from Nominal Roll 3717A
Rank from Nominal Roll Private
Unit from Nominal Roll 60th Battalion
Fate Killed in Action 19 July 1916
Place of burial No known grave
Commemoration details V.C. Corner (Panel No 20), Australian Cemetery Memorial, Fromelles, France
War service: Egypt, Western Front
Found guilty, Zeitoun, 21 December 1915, of (1) being absent from Tattoo, 21 December, until apprehended in Cairo at 2215, 21 December; (2) refusing to obey [an] order from an officer of picquet: awarded 124 hours' detention.
Found guilty, Zeitoun, 12 January 1916, of being absent without leave, 12-19 January 1916: forfeited 7 days' pay.
Allotted to and proceeded to join 59th Bn, Tel el Kebir, 26 February 1916.
Transferred to, and taken on strength of 60 th Bn, 15 March 1916.
Admitted to 8th Australian Field Ambulance, South Road Head, 10 May 1916 (boils on neck); transferred to 14th Field Ambulance, 13 May 1916; discharged to duty, and rejoined Bn, Ferry Post, 16 May 1916.
Embarked Alexandria to join the British Expeditionary Force, 18 June 1916; disembarked Marseilles, France, 29 June 1916.
Reported Missing, 19 July 1916.
Court of Enquiry, held in the field, 4 August 1917, pronounced fate as 'Killed in Action, 19 July 1916'.
Statement, Red Cross File No 921103, 2889 Pte W. STEWART, C Company, 60th Bn, 31 May 1917: 'Casualty was a friend of mine, called "Fred". He went over with us in the third wave at Fleurbaix on the 19th July, 1916. I saw him fall, killed by a machine gun bullet. The body was not buried.'
Note on file: No trace Germany[.] Cert. by Capt. Mills 10.10.19.'
Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Regimental number 3717
School King Street State School, West Melbourne, Victoria
Religion Church of England
Occupation Labourer
Address 273 Franklin Street, West Melbourne, Victoria
Marital status Single
Age at embarkation 28
Next of kin Father, F Dixon, 273 Franklin Street, West Melbourne, Victoria
Enlistment date 4 July 1915
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll 9 July 1915, Melbourne, Victoria
Rank on enlistment Private
Unit name 7th Battalion, 12th Reinforcement
Unit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A40 Ceramic on 23 November 1915
Regimental number from Nominal Roll 3717A
Rank from Nominal Roll Private
Unit from Nominal Roll 60th Battalion
Fate Killed in Action 19 July 1916
Place of burial No known grave
Commemoration details V.C. Corner (Panel No 20), Australian Cemetery Memorial, Fromelles, France
War service: Egypt, Western Front
Found guilty, Zeitoun, 21 December 1915, of (1) being absent from Tattoo, 21 December, until apprehended in Cairo at 2215, 21 December; (2) refusing to obey [an] order from an officer of picquet: awarded 124 hours' detention.
Found guilty, Zeitoun, 12 January 1916, of being absent without leave, 12-19 January 1916: forfeited 7 days' pay.
Allotted to and proceeded to join 59th Bn, Tel el Kebir, 26 February 1916.
Transferred to, and taken on strength of 60 th Bn, 15 March 1916.
Admitted to 8th Australian Field Ambulance, South Road Head, 10 May 1916 (boils on neck); transferred to 14th Field Ambulance, 13 May 1916; discharged to duty, and rejoined Bn, Ferry Post, 16 May 1916.
Embarked Alexandria to join the British Expeditionary Force, 18 June 1916; disembarked Marseilles, France, 29 June 1916.
Reported Missing, 19 July 1916.
Court of Enquiry, held in the field, 4 August 1917, pronounced fate as 'Killed in Action, 19 July 1916'.
Statement, Red Cross File No 921103, 2889 Pte W. STEWART, C Company, 60th Bn, 31 May 1917: 'Casualty was a friend of mine, called "Fred". He went over with us in the third wave at Fleurbaix on the 19th July, 1916. I saw him fall, killed by a machine gun bullet. The body was not buried.'
Note on file: No trace Germany[.] Cert. by Capt. Mills 10.10.19.'
Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Gravesite Details
Private, 53rd Battalion, Australian Infantry, A.I.F. Killed in action. Age: 20. Son of Edward George and Amelia Jane Dixon, of Campbell Rd., Albany, Western Australia. Native of Erith, Kent, England.
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