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Lance Corporal Charles Dix

Ancestor Details

Charles Dix, JohannesburgName of Ancestor: Charles Frederick Dix

Ancestor's date of birth: 31/12/1871

Ancestor's date of death: 26/12/1904

Cause of Death: Miner's Pthysis

Service and Life Before the Boer War: Charles Frederick Dix was born on 31 December 1871 at Bung Bong, the son of John Dix and Helen Maria Wilding. At the time of his marriage Charles was working as a miner and lived in Allendale. Later he went to South Africa.

Service Number: 1236

Colony or State of enlistment: Not Australia Place of Enlistment: Cape Colony, South Africa

Unit: 2nd Battalion Railway Pioneer Regiment

Rank attained in Boer War: LCPL, Date Effective: 1900

Highest Rank attained (if served after war): No record of post Boer War Service

Murray Page: Did not serve in an Australian Unit.

Contingent: Did not serve in an Australian Unit.

Ship: Travelled privately to South Africa

Memorial details: Buried in Victoria.

Awards/Decorations/Commendations: Queens South Africa Medal with Cape Colony, Transvaal, Orange Free State and South Africa 1901 clasps.

Personal Characteristics: Detail not provided.

Reasons to go and fight: Detail not provided.

Details of service in war: While he was in South Africa he joined the 2nd Battalion Railway Pioneer Regiment of South Africa to fight in the Boer War. The Railway Pioneer Regiment was formed to protect and maintain the South African railways used to support fighting troops during the war. The Pioneer Regiment consisted almost entirely of civilian refugees, mostly mechanics from Johannesburg, and it rendered excellent service. He joined on 7 Dec 1900, Regimental number 1236, and was discharged with the rank of Lance Corporal on 6 Jun 1901. The Roll of Individuals entitled to the Queen's South Africa Medal and Clasps, lists Charles as having applied for and being entitled to receive the Queen's Medal with 1901 date clasp. UK, Military Campaign Medal and Award Rolls show Charles entitled to clasps for Cape Colony, Orange Free State and Transvaal. It also shows Charles discharged, time expired, and his discharged address as Bowenvale, Victoria, Australia.

Service Record
Service Record

Service and life after the Boer War: Charles returned to Australia aboard the Moravian arriving in Melbourne on 8 August 1901 in poor health. He returned to mining. Died 1904.

Descendant Details

Name of Descendant: John Dix, Glen Waverley VIC
Relationship to Ancestor: Great Grandson

 


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