Colin Addison DICKESON

Regimental number24/2128
OccupationArchitect
Next of kinWife, Mrs L E Dickeson, Orell, Victoria Avenue, Woollahra, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Rank on embarkation2nd Lieutenant
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, New Zealand Rifle Brigade, 1915, 5th Reinforcements to 2nd Battalion, F Company
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on 1 April 1916
Final rankLieutenant (Acting Captain)
Final unitNew Zealand Cyclist Battalion
FateKilled in Action 26 April 1918
Age at death from cemetery records30
Place of burialLijssenthoek Military Cemetery (Plot XXVIII, Row C, Grave No 5), Belgium
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Wife: Mrs L.E. Dickeson, Mount Albert, Auckland
Medals

Military Cross

'For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty when cable burying operations were in danger of being stopped owing to difficulties, through rain, mud, darkness, and enemy shelling, of getting materials formed to the work. His party preserved, and so enabled the work to proceed.'
Source: 'London Gazette'
Date: 23 April 1918

Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: Military Cross, British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 2: Roll 27, p. 4