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Wife: Margaret Marceline Dixon. nee:.
Robert Derwent Dixon enlisted with A Company 35th Battalion on the 11th of December 1915
with the rank of Lieutenant and was an original member of the Battalion and left Sydney on board
HMAT A24 "Banalla" on the 1st of May 1916.
For conspicious gallentry and devotion the duty near PASSCHENDAELE on the 12th of October 1917. This
Officer was in command of the centre company of the Battalion. The Battalion was held up in its
advance by a nest of machine-guns. With a small party of men he rushed the position and succeeded in
capturing four machine-guns and thirty prisoners, thereby enabling the Battalion to continue the
advance. He did excellent work during the whole day and was the only surviving officer of the
Battalion excepting Battalion Headquarters. His fearless courage and personal bravery were a great
stimulus to the Battalion.
Willam was a 41 year old Electrical Engineer of "Ushermere" Moss Vale, New South Wales upon
enlistment.
(BEAN; History of world War 1 Vol IV p 912/916)
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