| Place | Europe: France |
|---|---|
| Accession Number | 1DRL/0242 |
| Collection type | Private Record |
| Record type | Collection |
| Measurement | 1 wallet: 1 cm. |
| Object type | Diary |
| Maker |
Dickinson, Herbert Spencer |
| Place made | Australia: Victoria, Melbourne |
| Date made | 1914-1917 |
| Access | Open |
| Related File This file can be copied or viewed via the Memorial’s Reading Room. | AWM93 12/11/634 |
| Conflict |
First World War, 1914-1918 |
| Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain
|
| Copying Provisions | Copyright expired. Copying permitted subject to physical condition. Permission for reproduction not required. |
Dickinson, Herbert Spencer (Captain, b.1891 - d.1917)
Description
Collection relating to service of Captain Herbert Spencer Dickinson, 57 Battalion, At Sea and France, 1914-1917. Collection includes a handwritten copy of a narrative of the Sydney - Emden encounter and extracts from a diary. Copy probably made by Dickinson's mother in response to a request by the Memorial in 1927. Location of originals is unknown.
History / Summary
Biographical note: Served with the 57th Battalion, AIF. Killed in action at Polygon Wood, near Ypres, 26 September 1917. Accountant; of Malvern, VIC, born Childers, Gippsland, VIC; educated at Spring Road (Malvern) and at Wesley College; was a well known oarsman; enlisted in the AIF 17 August 1914 as a private and was posted to 5 Battalion; appointed Second Lieutenant after Second Battle of Krithia (May 1915); transferred to 57 Battalion at Tel-el-Kebir early in 1916; age at time of death 25.