Robert Lionel DIXON

Regimental number33524
Date of birth3 September 1889
ReligionMethodist
OccupationFarmer
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation27
Height5' 7"
Weight136 lbs
Next of kinAunt, Mrs S Chilton, Post Office, Ramarama
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date18 September 1916
Rank on embarkationPrivate
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 21st Reinforcements, E Company
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board Ulimaroa on 19 January 1917
Final rankPrivate
Final unitWellington Infantry Regiment
FateDied of disease 18 April 1917
Age at death from cemetery records28
Place of burialTidworth Military Cemetery (Row C, Grave No 124), Wiltshire, England
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Mother: Mrs Eugenie Alice Dixon, Auckland
Other details

War service: England

Embarked Wellington, 19 January 1917; disembarked Devonport, England, 27 March 1917; marched in to Sling Camp, 28 March 1917.

Admitted to Military Hospital, Tidworth, 11 April 1917 (pneumonia).

Died, Military Hospital, Tidworth, 18 April 1917.

Medal: British War Medal
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 3: Roll 52, p. 18
Archives New Zealand (Wellington), Agency AABK, Series 18805

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