Harry Dickason (seaman)

Harry Dickason
Harry Dickason
Born	16 December 1884; Clifton, Bristol, England
Died	3 December 1943 (aged 58); Battersea, London, England
Branch	Royal Navy
Years of service	1902–1924
Rank	Chief petty officer
Wars	World War I
Awards	Polar Medal with clasp (1913) [1]; Distinguished Service Medal (1915)[2]; Bar to the Distinguished Service Medal (1919); [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

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

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