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Samuel John Dixon

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Portrait, Auckland Weekly News 1918 - No known copyright restrictions

Portrait, Auckland Weekly News 1918 - No known copyright restrictions

Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    • Samuel John AWMM
    • Samuel James Public - Michael Wayne - Direct descendant - 3 May 2020 - https://www.ancestry.com.au/family-tree/person/tree/29285460/person/12155987355/story
  • Surname
    Dixon AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
    • Samuel James Dixon AWMM
    • Samuel James Public - Michael Wayne - Direct descendant - 3 May 2020 - https://www.ancestry.com.au/family-tree/person/tree/29285460/person/12155987355/story
  • Service number
    WWI 25/1045 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Mrs William Dixon (mother), Hutton Street, Otahuhu, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
  • Campaign
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    WWI 25/1045 AWMM
  • Military service
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
    WW1 Unknown AWMM Labourer/Civilian AWMM
  • Occupation before enlistment
  • Age on enlistment

Embarkations

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Prisoner of war

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  • Capture details
  • Days interned
  • Liberation date
  • Liberation Repatriation
  • POW liberation details
  • POW serial number

Medical history

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  • Medical notes
    Killed in Action, Cause of Death AWMM

Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Samuel Dixon was the father of Cyril Young, of Dannevirke, New Zealand.

    Name is recorded as Samuel John in Nominal Rolls, as Samuel James in Archives New Zealand and Commonwealth War Graves Commission. AWMM

Death

About death

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  • Death
    26 August 1918 AWMM
    Bapaume, France AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
    Killed in Action AWMM
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Grevillers British Cemetery, Pas-de-Calais, France AWMM XI. D. 20. AWMM
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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  • Memorial name
    • Memorial Cross, Holy Trinity Anglican Church, 20 Mason Avenue, Otahuhu, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM
    • Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 1 Hall of Memories AWMM

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  • Gratitude from your Great Nephew Paul Norris for your service to protect us all during the Great War.
    Public - Paul Malcolm - Other relative - 27 April 2020
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  • Gratitude from your Great Nephew Paul Norris for your service to protect us all during the Great War.
    Public - Paul Malcolm - Other relative - 27 April 2020
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Sources

Sources

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  • External links
  • References
    • Blast : the magazine of the Third Battalion of the New Zealand Rifle Brigade. John Long Ltd. ; [On board ship] : [H.M.N.Z.T. No. 42, Ulimaroa] AWMM
    • New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1917). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume II. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      24: 15 AWMM
    • The D3 : the unofficial squeal of D Company 3rd Battalion N.Z.R.B. Magazine of troops on board H.M.N.Z.T. No. 42, 'Ulimaroa'. AWMM
    • Roll of Honour, Auckland Province (digital copy), 1914 - 1919. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS-2016-2. AWMM

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DateFirst namesLocationRelationshipContact
03 May 2020Michael WayneHamilton, New ZealandDirect descendant
27 April 2020Paul Malcolm Auckland, New ZealandOther relative

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