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DIMELOW, William Bruce
Personal Details
Service Numbers: | V26054, 408980 |
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Enlisted: | 21 December 1938 |
Last Rank: | Pilot Officer |
Last Unit: | No. 14 Squadron (RAAF) |
Born: | Elsternwick, Victoria, Australia, 11 May 1918 |
Home Town: | St. Arnaud, North Grampians, Victoria |
Schooling: | Scotch College |
Occupation: | Draper |
Died: | Aircraft Accident, Bullsbrook, Perth, Western Australia, 7 January 1943, aged 24 years |
Cemetery: |
Perth War Cemetery and Annex, Western Australia PLOT G.B.2. |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, St. Arnaud High School Roll of Honour WW2, St. Arnaud WW2 & Post WW2 War Memorial |
Service History
Non Warlike Service
21 Dec 1938: | Enlisted Australian Army (Post WW2), Trooper, V26054, Machine Gun Regiments AMF |
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World War 2 Service
21 Dec 1938: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, V26054 | |
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21 Jun 1941: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Pilot Officer, 408980, No. 14 Squadron (RAAF), Melbourne joined the Air Force the same day he was discharged from the Army | |
21 Jun 1941: | Discharged Australian Army (Post WW2), Trooper, V26054, Machine Gun Regiments AMF | |
21 Jun 1941: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Pilot Officer, 408980 | |
7 Jan 1943: | Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Pilot Officer, 408980, No. 14 Squadron (RAAF) |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Elizabeth Allen
William Bruce DIMELOW was born in Elsternwick, Victoria on 11th May, 1918
His parents were Harold DIMELOW & Vera Alice DAVIS