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Rank Lt.
Unit # RFC 84th Sqd
Resident Chatham
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Lieutenant Dickie trained with the Ambulance Corps of the 24th Ken Regiment 1913-1914.

He received a commission in Garrison Artillery at Halifax in Oct 1916 and also a Lieutenant’s Commission in Field Artillery, Kingston, Dec. 31, 1916.

From May to October, 1917, he took a pilot’s course in England and Scotland.

He proceeded to France attached to No. 84 Squadron as Scout Pilot Nov. 9, 1917.

He was killed in action Nov. 30, 1917 and buried with military honors “Somewhere in France”, Dec. 1.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Cenotaph Chatham and Kent County Cenotaph - Chatham
Sources Chatham Daily Planet (01-06-1917), Chatham Daily Planet (31-10-1917), Chatham Daily Planet (05-11-1917), Chatham Daily Planet (05-12-1917), Chatham Daily Planet (10-12-1917), Chatham Daily Planet (19-12-1917), Chatham Daily Planet (26-12-1917), Chatham Daily Planet (04-01-1918), Chatham Daily Planet (03-08-1918), Chatham Daily Planet (27-09-1919)
Supplemental Information Father: Rev. Henry Dickie, D.D., Chatham
Height 6'
Eye Colour blue
Age 19
Complexion dark
Hair brown
Race white
Birthplace Windsor, Nova Scotia
Religion Prebysterian
Last Place of Employment Student at Chatham Collegiate Institute
Marital Status single
When Enlisted Aug. 1916
Where Enlisted Halifax, Nova Scotia

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