RIFLEMAN E. T. DILLON.
Rifleman Edward Thomas Dillon, who died of sickness in Walton-on-Thames Hospital on July 5. was the only son of the late Mr. Denis Dillon, of Albury. He went with the fifteenth reinforcements. Private Dillon was severely wounded in three places by a bomb on December 21, and was sent to Brockenhurst Hospital and afterwards to a convalescent home, where he developed pleurisy, from the effects of which he died. He was born in Kaikoura 21 years ago, and was educated at the Waikari and Albury. -NZ Herald, 1/8/1917.
The date of Edward Dillon's wounding coincides with an inspection of the NZ Rifle Brigade by the British Commander in Chief, Sir Douglas Haig. His record mentions wounding from the effects of an artillery shell, which might have been fired as a response to the presence of a high-ranking officer.
While in hospital Edward developed jaundice then pleurisy. He was put on a list for repatriation but died before he could return home.
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