DICKSON, Roy Sinclair

1891 - 1938  (46 years)

• Name	DICKSON, Roy Sinclair  [1]
  Born	24 Nov 1891	Richmond, Tasmania, Australia   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Died	21 Oct 1938	Richmond, Tasmania, Australia   [1]
  Buried	Richmond, Tasmania, Australia
  	St Lukes Cemetry
  Person ID	I292	My Genealogy
  Last Modified	16 Sep 2023

  
  

  Father	DICKSON, Bassett Richard (4),   b. 1 Dec 1860, Richmond, Tasmania, Australia ,   d. 14 Jul 1939, Lindisfarne, Tasmania, Australia  (Age 78 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	MACGREGOR, Janet Lucie Murray,   b. 2 Sep 1864, Kullidgee, India ,   d. 30 Jun 1937  (Age 72 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Married	31 Aug 1889	Hobart, Tasmania, Australia   [1]
  Family ID	F4768	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	HARE, Ellen,   b. 26 Jul 1895, St John Timberhill, Norwich, Norfolk, England ,   d. 10 Jun 1984, Lindisfarne, Tasmania, Australia  (Age 88 years)
  Married	19 Oct 1918	West Cholderton, Wiltshire, England   [1]
  Children	1. DICKSON, Bassett Edward,   b. 28 Aug 1920, Clarence Tasmania ,   d. 10 Feb 2002  (Age 81 years)  [natural]   2. DICKSON, Helen Joan,   b. 23 Aug 1925, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia ,   d. 26 Jul 2000, York Plains, Tasmania, Australia  (Age 74 years)  [natural]   3. DICKSON, Roy Sinclair (Jock)  [natural]
  Last Modified	16 Sep 2023
  Family ID	F79	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Photos » Slide Show		Roy Dickson
  		Basset Roy & Sophia Dickson
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  		Dickson Bassett 3

  
  

• Notes

  OBITUARY MR. R. S. DICKSON Notable War Service Mr. Roy Sinclair Dickson, only surviving son of Mr. Bassett and the late Janet Dickson, late of Glen Ayr, Richmond, now of Lindisfarne, died in a private hospital In Hobart. The Bassett Dicksons owned Glen Ayr and several other notable properties for several generations. Mr. ROY Dickson was in his 47th year, and had suffered many years from his war disabilities. He died on the 24th anniversary of the day on which the originals left Tasmania. He enlisted in August 1914, and sailed on the Geelong with the 3rd Light Horse, and was at the landing and evacuation of Gallipoli. He served at Lone Pine, Quinn's Post, and Pope’s Head. He served for several months continuously on duty. After Gallipoli, he returned to Heliopolis and campaigned till April 1916, when he suffered from Nile fever. In May, 1916, he joined the artillery and left for England. He was sent to France in January, 1917, and fought in the front line round Baupaume, Bullecourt, Messines and Lagincourt. He served until wounded In September 1917,and was then drafted to Cambridge Hospital, England. He returned to France in January 1918, served with the 38th Battery, 10th Field Artillery Brigade at Dermicourt, Wychet Bridge and Villers-Bretonneux till June, when he was gassed and sent to base hospital in France, then to the Norfolk war hospital, England. He left for Australia in October 1918, on long service leave and was demobilised In February 1919, as he was medically unfit because of the effect of gas and wounds. He leaves a wife and family of three, Bassett, Roy and Helen.

  
  

• Sources

  [S309] Public Member Trees, Ancestry.com, (Name: Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.;;). Record for Roy Sinclair Dickson http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1030&h=34351375509&indiv=try