Service Details
Name:
 DICKSON
Given Name:
 MICHAEL ARNOLD
Initials:
 M A
Service No:
 66541
Rank:
 Sub-Lieutenant
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Regiment:
 South African Naval Forces
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Unit:
 H.M.S.A.S. Crassula
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Date of Death:
 1946-10-17
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Date of Birth:
 1908-05-31
Age:
 38
Cause of Death:
 Died of pulmonary tuberculosis and enteritis. His death was confirmed by the military authorities to have been directly attributable to war service
Additional
Information:
Son of Francis and Florentine Johanna Dickson. Born June 1908. Educated at High School De Aar, Cape Province. General Botha Cadet draft: 1923-25 and in 1925 he became apprenticed to the Houston Line and served in the S.S. Hesione, gaining his first Mate's certificate in 1938. Soon after the declaration of was he became a Sub-Lieutenant in the SDF, but while on service he contracted pulmonary tuberculosis and was discharged permanently unfit for duty.
Commemoration
Country:
 South Africa
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Locality:
 Western Cape
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Cemetery:
 CAPE TOWN (MAITLAND) CEMETERY
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Grave Reference:
 Mil. Allotment. Grave 96659A.

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