PRIVATE D M DICKSON.
Mrs D. M. Dickson, of Elizabeth street, Timaru, has received a letter from Lieutenant Bain, concerning the death of her son, Private Don Dickson, who served under the lieutenant named. The letter was written at Anzac, and in it the writer says that when Private Dickson was killed he was on duty in the trenches at Quinn's Post. He was keeping watch in the bomb-proof, through a loophole, when unfortunately he was struck in the forehead by a bullet, death being instantaneous. It occurred at about 1.30 a.m. on Sunday, July 16th. Among the personal effects found on him was a small book entitled "For the King," which he always carried with him. -Press, 18/9/1915.
IN MEMORIAM.
DICKSON — In loving memory of Private Millen Stuart Dickson, who died of wounds in France, on 28th September, 1918. Also Private Donald McKenzie Dickson, killed at Quin's Post, Gallipoli, July 18, 1915.
We shall meet them again in the morning, In the dawn of a fairer day,
When the night of watching and waiting, With its darkness has passed away.
— Inserted by their parents. -Timaru Herald, 28/9/1926.
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