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• Name DICKESON
• Initials CA
• First name COLIN ADDISON
• Country New Zealand
• Last residence Kaikoura
• Family Husband of Mrs. Laura E. Dickeson, of Mount Albert, Auckland, New Zealand.
• Profession Architect

Military service

• Service number 24/2128
• Rank Acting Captain
• Medals Military Cross
• Regiment and unit 22nd Bn. New Zealand Cyclist Bn
• Army - Corps - Division New Zealand Division
• National force N.Z.E.F.
• Other data related to military career Embarkation date: 1 April 1916;
  To France: 10 October 1916;
  MC '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 material formed to the
  work. His party persevered, and so enabled
  the work to proceed.' (LG 19/04/1918)

Death

• Wounded Vierstraat; "The C.O., Major Evans and Captain Dickeson (Adjutant) left Headquarters later in the morning to make a reconnaissance of the line. On the road down an enemy shell burst between them, killing the Adjutant instantly. Major Evans escaped unhurt, but was severely shaken by the explosion." (Regimental History of New Zealand Cyclist Corps in The Great War 1914-1918)
• Type of wounds Killed in action
• Date of death 26 April 1918
• Died at the age of 30
• Grave reference Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery XXVIII - C - 5

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