George Irvin Dick

  General Notes:

WW1 Embarkation Record
Dick, George Irvin
Service Number: 27874
Rank/Calling: Gunner
Unit: 13 FAB [Field Artillery Brigade] - 2 to 10 Reinforcements (May 1916 - February 1917)
Ship Name: HMAT Borda
Ship Number: A30
Date of Embarkation: 20/10/1916
Place of Embarkation: Melbourne

George Irvin Dick enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force on the 4/3/1916, his wife Lucy Agnes Dick was his next of kin and her address is listed as 31 Pental Road, Caulfield. His certificate of medical examination of the 28/2/1916 describes George as being 27 years and eleven months , height - 5 feet 6 inches, weight - 128 lbs, chest measurement 33/35 inches, complexion - fair, eyes - blue, hair - light brown and religious denomination - Presbyterian. His distinctive marks were - Vacs 3 left arm.
George served mainly in France. On the 21/4/1919 he was admonished by Major J Miles and docked 1 days pay. He must have been very healthy as he didn’t require any hospitalisation the whole time he was away.
George returned to Australia on the “Borda” which was the same ship he embarked on when he went overseas. He was discharged on the 4/8/1919.


World War 2 Service Record
Name DICK, GEORGE IRVIN
Service Australian Army
Service Number V374569

Date of Birth 31 Mar 1889
Place of Birth TATURA, VIC
Date of Enlistment 7 Apr 1942
Locality on Enlistment TATURA, VIC
Place of Enlistment TATURA, VIC
Next of Kin DICK, LUCY
Date of Discharge 1 Oct 1945
Rank Private
Posting at Discharge 16 BATTALION VOLUNTEER DEFENCE CORPS
WW2 Honours and Gallantry None for display
Prisoner of War No

  Noted events in his life were:

• Occupation: Farmer,Carrier.

George married Lucy Agnes Spence, daughter of Alexander Stewart Spence and Charlotte Ayers, in 1916 in Victoria Australia. (Lucy Agnes Spence was born in 1879 in Rushworth, Victoria Australia and died in 1955 in Moor?, Victoria Australia.)