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Harry Dickason (Royal Navy sailor)

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Harry Dickason
Born(1884-12-16)16 December 1884
Clifton, Bristol, England
Died3 December 1943(1943-12-03) (aged 58)
Battersea, London, England
Branch Royal Navy
Years of service1902–1924
RankChief petty officer
WarsWorld War I
Awards[3]

Harry Dickason (16 December 1884 – 3 December 1943)[4] was an English seaman.

Dickason was a survivor of Robert Falcon Scott's Antarctic Terra Nova expedition, and was one of six arctic explorers that were part of its Northern Party.[5] Mount Dickason in Antarctica, at the head of the Boomerang Glacier, is named after him.[6]

References

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  1. ^ "No. 28740". The London Gazette. 25 July 1913. pp. 5322–5323.
  2. ^ "No. 29374". The London Gazette (Supplement). 19 November 1915. p. 11559.
  3. ^ "No. 31638". The London Gazette (Supplement). 11 November 1919. p. 13747.
  4. ^ "Obituaries" (PDF). Retrieved 12 November 2019.
  5. ^ Dickason, Harry (9 November 2007). "Harry Dickason - polar explorer". BBC. Retrieved 12 November 2019.
  6. ^ "Mount Dickason". Retrieved 12 November 2019.