| Regimental number | 6/3299 |
| Date of birth | |
| Place of birth | Christchurch |
| Religion | Baptist |
| Occupation | Warehouse assistant |
| Address | c/o G Dixon 53 Lyttelton Street, Spreydon, Christchurch |
| Marital status | Single |
| Next of kin | Father, G Dixon, 53 Lyttelton Street, Spreydon, Christchurch |
| Enlistment date | |
| Rank on embarkation | Private |
| Enlistment status | Volunteer |
| Unit name | New Zealand Expeditionary Force, 8th Reinforcements, Canterbury Infantry Battalion |
| Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Wellington on board Willochra on |
| Final rank | Lance Corporal |
| Final unit | 1st Battalion, Canterbury Infantry Regiment |
| Fate | Killed in Action |
| Age at death from cemetery records | 21 |
| Place of burial | No known grave |
| Commemoration details | Tyne Cot Memorial (New Zealand Apse, Panel No 2), Zonnebeke, Belgium |
| Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Parents: Gilbert and Mary Hannah Dixon, 85 Lyttelton Street, Spreydon, Christchurch |
| Other details |
War service: Egypt, Western Front Embarked Wellington, 13 November 1915; disembarked Suez, 20 December 1915. Joined Bn at Ismailia, 9 January 1916. Embarked Port Said to join the British Expeditionary Force, France, 6 April 1916. Wounded, 8 July 1916 (bayonet wound, right thigh), and admitted to No 1 NZ Field Ambulance; transferred to No 1 Convalescent Depot, Boulgne, 15 July 1916; rejoined unit, Armentieres, 28 July 1916. Detached to 2nd Army Rest Camp, 16 July 1917. Appointed Lance Corporal, 18 July 1917. On leave to United Kingdom, 31 July 1917; rejoined Bn from leave, 14 August 1917. Killed in action, 12 October 1917. Note on file: Report by 2 Anzac Burial Corps 19 November 1917, buried Passchendaele ... in and around the region of Bellevue [Ridge]'; grave subsequently lost. Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal |
| Miscellaneous details | Nominal Roll Vol. 1: Canterbury Infantry Batln/Eighth |
| Sources | Archives New Zealand (Wellington), Agency AABK, Series 18805, File 20997479 |