Dickinson, Robert Edmund

Date of Death	1938-05-02
Age	29
Cause of Death	Murdered Gun shot wound to the head deliberately inflicted by person unknown

Service Details

Service	RN - Royal Navy
Rank	Leading Seaman
Official Number	J/111746
Ship	Dorsetshire HMS

Cemetery Details

Cemetery Name	Martyn Street Cemetery
Cemetery Address	Cairns, QLD
Demonination/Area	Monumental East Side
Section	Row H3
Grave Number	3493

Notes

Dickinson was killed at sea as Dorsetshire transitted from Townsville to Cairns. Following an autopsy by the local coroner, his body was allowed to be buried in Cairns Cemetery. As the event happened at sea, the Royal Navy asserted jurisdiction. In June, 19 year old Able Seaman Edwin Dwyer was tried for Dickinson's murder in Hong Kong and acquitted as the evidence was only circumstantial

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