Robert Edward DYSON

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DYSON, Robert Edward

Service Numbers:	W37127, WX36588
Enlisted:	3 January 1940, Western Command Signals
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	Milne Force Signals
Born:	Como, Western Australia, Australia, 11 September 1918
Home Town:	Perth, Western Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Motor Mechanic
Died:	Safety Bay, Rockingham, Western Australia, 19 October 1994, aged 76 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Not yet discovered
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World War 2 Service

3 Jan 1940:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Signaller, W37127, Western Command Signals
14 Oct 1941:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, WX36588
12 Aug 1942:	Embarked Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Signaller, WX36588, per Cremer to Milne Bay, NG
26 Jan 1943:	Embarked Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Signaller, WX36588, Milne Force Signals, ex Milne Bay to Port Moresby per Duntroon
17 May 1944:	Embarked Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Signaller, WX36588, 11 Division Signals ex Oro Bay, NG to Townsville per Van Outhoorn
21 Aug 1944:	Discharged Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, WX36588

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Biography contributed by Chris Buckley

Robert was the youngest of eight children of Percival (Percy) Leonard Dyson (b1882 in Melbourne, Victoria) and Theodocia Hannah Wallis (b1880 in Perth, WA). Percy (a Furniture Dealer) and Theodocia married in 1901 in Perth WA where they settled and raised their family. Percy worked as a Furniture Dealer and Broker, Bookmaker and Clerk.

Robert was a Motor Mechanic/Fitter in Perth WA when he enlisted in the ACMF in January 1940 (Signaller; Service No:W37127) and Discharged to enlist in the AIF in October 1941 (Western Command Signals and Signals 11 Australian Division). He served in New Guinea (1942 - 1944) where he was accidentally injured in October 1943 when a cartridge shell exploded in a pile of burning leaves. Robert was Discharged in August 1944.

Returning to Perth WA, Robert was working as a Motor Mechanic in 1949 when he married Kathleen Dulcie Hilton (b1926 in Perth WA) - Kathleen was working as a Typist. The couple settled in Perth, where Robert worked as a Mechanic and Book Maker before becoming a Garage Proprietor in Como, South Perth. He and Kathleen moved to Warnbro in Rockingham WA in the early 1970s, and by 1980 were living in Safety Bay - where Robert stated his occupation was 'Gardener'. Robert died in 1994 and Kathleen in 1997.

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