~~~~Military Service Record, Australian Imperial Force, AIF, World War One~~~~~~
Service number:--- 2738
Born:---Grangemouth Scotland
Religion:--- Presbyterian
Civilian Employment:--- Farmer
Marital status:--- Single
Age on enlistment:-- 24 years
Next of kin:--- Father, Mr James Dick, Roadside Sanday, Orkney Islands, Scotland
Attested into AIF:--- 10th August 1915 at Brisbane, Queensland.
Final Rank:--- Private
Final Unit:--- 15th Battalion, 9th Reinforcement, Australian Infantry, AIF.
Embarked from:--- Sydney, New South Wales, aboard HMAT A33 Ayrshire on 1st September 1915
Fate:--- Killed in action, Gallipoli, Ottoman Empire, 5th December 1915.
Burial:--- 7th Field Ambulance Cemetery, Gallipoli, Turkey
War service:--- Egypt, Gallipoli
Medals:--- 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Parents:--- James and Mary Dick, Roadside, Sanday, Orkney Isles.
Other details:---Grangemouth, where he was born, is a town in the Falkirk council area, Scotland. Historically part of the county of Stirlingshire, the town lies in the Forth Valley, on the banks of the Firth of Forth, 3 miles east of Falkirk, 5 miles west of Bo'ness and 13 miles south-east of Stirling.
He is remembered on the Sanday War Memorial on the Orkney Isles.in Scotland.
His brother also fell.He was Private Richard Dick aged 20,Service Number S/6429-served with British forces, 8th Bn. Seaforth Highlanders-died 25/09/1915-also born at Grangemouth, Stirlingshire.
Service number:--- 2738
Born:---Grangemouth Scotland
Religion:--- Presbyterian
Civilian Employment:--- Farmer
Marital status:--- Single
Age on enlistment:-- 24 years
Next of kin:--- Father, Mr James Dick, Roadside Sanday, Orkney Islands, Scotland
Attested into AIF:--- 10th August 1915 at Brisbane, Queensland.
Final Rank:--- Private
Final Unit:--- 15th Battalion, 9th Reinforcement, Australian Infantry, AIF.
Embarked from:--- Sydney, New South Wales, aboard HMAT A33 Ayrshire on 1st September 1915
Fate:--- Killed in action, Gallipoli, Ottoman Empire, 5th December 1915.
Burial:--- 7th Field Ambulance Cemetery, Gallipoli, Turkey
War service:--- Egypt, Gallipoli
Medals:--- 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Parents:--- James and Mary Dick, Roadside, Sanday, Orkney Isles.
Other details:---Grangemouth, where he was born, is a town in the Falkirk council area, Scotland. Historically part of the county of Stirlingshire, the town lies in the Forth Valley, on the banks of the Firth of Forth, 3 miles east of Falkirk, 5 miles west of Bo'ness and 13 miles south-east of Stirling.
He is remembered on the Sanday War Memorial on the Orkney Isles.in Scotland.
His brother also fell.He was Private Richard Dick aged 20,Service Number S/6429-served with British forces, 8th Bn. Seaforth Highlanders-died 25/09/1915-also born at Grangemouth, Stirlingshire.
~~~~Military Service Record, Australian Imperial Force, AIF, World War One~~~~~~
Service number:--- 2738
Born:---Grangemouth Scotland
Religion:--- Presbyterian
Civilian Employment:--- Farmer
Marital status:--- Single
Age on enlistment:-- 24 years
Next of kin:--- Father, Mr James Dick, Roadside Sanday, Orkney Islands, Scotland
Attested into AIF:--- 10th August 1915 at Brisbane, Queensland.
Final Rank:--- Private
Final Unit:--- 15th Battalion, 9th Reinforcement, Australian Infantry, AIF.
Embarked from:--- Sydney, New South Wales, aboard HMAT A33 Ayrshire on 1st September 1915
Fate:--- Killed in action, Gallipoli, Ottoman Empire, 5th December 1915.
Burial:--- 7th Field Ambulance Cemetery, Gallipoli, Turkey
War service:--- Egypt, Gallipoli
Medals:--- 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Parents:--- James and Mary Dick, Roadside, Sanday, Orkney Isles.
Other details:---Grangemouth, where he was born, is a town in the Falkirk council area, Scotland. Historically part of the county of Stirlingshire, the town lies in the Forth Valley, on the banks of the Firth of Forth, 3 miles east of Falkirk, 5 miles west of Bo'ness and 13 miles south-east of Stirling.
He is remembered on the Sanday War Memorial on the Orkney Isles.in Scotland.
His brother also fell.He was Private Richard Dick aged 20,Service Number S/6429-served with British forces, 8th Bn. Seaforth Highlanders-died 25/09/1915-also born at Grangemouth, Stirlingshire.
Service number:--- 2738
Born:---Grangemouth Scotland
Religion:--- Presbyterian
Civilian Employment:--- Farmer
Marital status:--- Single
Age on enlistment:-- 24 years
Next of kin:--- Father, Mr James Dick, Roadside Sanday, Orkney Islands, Scotland
Attested into AIF:--- 10th August 1915 at Brisbane, Queensland.
Final Rank:--- Private
Final Unit:--- 15th Battalion, 9th Reinforcement, Australian Infantry, AIF.
Embarked from:--- Sydney, New South Wales, aboard HMAT A33 Ayrshire on 1st September 1915
Fate:--- Killed in action, Gallipoli, Ottoman Empire, 5th December 1915.
Burial:--- 7th Field Ambulance Cemetery, Gallipoli, Turkey
War service:--- Egypt, Gallipoli
Medals:--- 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Parents:--- James and Mary Dick, Roadside, Sanday, Orkney Isles.
Other details:---Grangemouth, where he was born, is a town in the Falkirk council area, Scotland. Historically part of the county of Stirlingshire, the town lies in the Forth Valley, on the banks of the Firth of Forth, 3 miles east of Falkirk, 5 miles west of Bo'ness and 13 miles south-east of Stirling.
He is remembered on the Sanday War Memorial on the Orkney Isles.in Scotland.
His brother also fell.He was Private Richard Dick aged 20,Service Number S/6429-served with British forces, 8th Bn. Seaforth Highlanders-died 25/09/1915-also born at Grangemouth, Stirlingshire.
Inscription
"In memory of the dear son of Mr. & Mrs. Dick of Sanday, Orkney"
Gravesite Details
Private, Australian Infantry, A.I.F. Age: 25.
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