Charles Marshall Dix

Private

Conflict:

WW1

Additional Information:

Son of Mary Dix, of Taupiri, Waikato.

References:

CWGC

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NZ WAR GRAVES

Biographical Notes:

"CARTERTON, Jan. 23. A discharged soldier, Charles Marshall Dix, "A" Company, 22nd Reinforcements, was found at Carrington Park on Sunday with his throat cut, and was removed to the Greytown Hospital, where he expired at 8.30 last night. Deceased was discharged from camp on January 18 as medically unfit. He was a single man, aged 28, and his mother resides at Taupiri, Waikato." [Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume LXXII, Issue LXXII, 23 January 1917, Page 7]

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Casualty

Service Number:

39655

Name:

Charles Marshall Dix

Rank:

Private

Date of Birth:

05 August 1889

Place of Birth:

Paeroa, Waikato, New Zealand

Next of Kin:

Mrs Mary Dix (mother), Taupiri

Religion:

Agnostic

Date of Enlistment:

31 October 1916

Locality on Enlistment:

Hamilton

Place of Enlistment:

Hamilton, New Zealand

Marital Status:

Single

Occupation on Enlistment:

Farmhand

Employer:

Mears Brothers, Walton

Unit:

New Zealand Training Unit

Casualty Details

Cause of Death:

Suicide

Date of Death:

22 January 1917

Day of Death:

Monday

Conflict:

WW1

Embarkation Details

Text in italics supplied by Cenotaph Online, Auckland War Memorial Museum

Cemetery

Cemetery:

Greytown Cemetery

Cemetery Reference:

Block 7. Plot 283.

Cemetery Location:

New Zealand