Volunteers of Essendon and Flemington, 1914-1918
Hearn D 2nd Lieut Dalzel Royal Field Artillery 28 grazier
Address: Benalla
Next of Kin: Dickinson, Mary Helen, mother, "Ardconnell" 449 Mt Alexander Rd, Moonee Ponds
Enlisted: about June 1915
Embarked: March 1915, Mongolia from Sydney, arriving in London 2 May 1915, 1st class passenger
Relatives on Active Service
Boadle-F-W-Pte-1689 cousin
Born at Roseneath, Essendon, 1887. In 1912 he was living in Benalla with his brother Archie, both graziers.
Mary Dickinson’s 27 year old son, Dalzel Hearn, left Australia in early 1915, staying at the Waldorf Hotel on arrival in London, and enlisted in the British Royal Field Artillery, transferring later to the Royal Air Force.
The Argus, 7 Jul 1915
Dalzel Hearn Medal Roll Index Card noting his enlistment in the Royal Field Artillery,
his rank 2nd Lieutenant. Ancestry.
Dalzel Hearn subscribed 1,000 pounds to the War Loan in 1918.
THE WAR LOAN. (1918, April 16). The Age
(Melbourne, Vic. : 1854 - 1954), p. 8.
http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article155088106
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