DIXON, George William

Service Number –   2468.

Rank –   Private.

Unit / Division –   16th  Battalion.

Enlistment Date –   14  May  1915.

Occupation on Enlistment –   Locomotive  Fireman.

Next of Kin on Enlistment –   Father-  Robert  Dixon,  Mother-  Ellen  Dixon,  both  of  Tunstall,  Yorkshire,  United  Kingdom.

 

Religion –   Church  Of  England.

Embarkation Details –   From  Fremantle  on  18  June  1915  on  HMAT  A51  “  Chilka  “.

KIA / Mortally Wounded –

Date –   17  August  1915.

Place –   Greece.

Age at Death –   23.

Burial Location / Commemoration Details –   Portianos  Military  Cemetery,  Greece  (  Plot  1,  Row  B,  Grave  No. 35 ).

Panel Number, Roll of Honour (Australian War Memorial) –   79.