DYER, William Arthur Charles
Service Number: | 18489 |
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Enlisted: | 13 September 1940 |
Last Rank: | Leading Aircraftman |
Last Unit: | No. 7 Squadron (RAAF) |
Born: | Mooroopna, Victoria, Australia, 27 February 1900 |
Home Town: | Box Hill, Whitehorse, Victoria |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
Died: | Accidental (Motor Vehicle), Werribee, Victoria, Australia, Werribee, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 2 April 1942, aged 42 years |
Cemetery: |
Box Hill General Cemetery, Victoria Presbyterian Plot. Sec. 51. Grave 49. (GRM/3) , Box Hill General Cemetery, Box Hill, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Mooroopna & Ardmona District Memorial Panels |
World War 2 Service
3 Sep 1939: | Involvement 18489 | |
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13 Sep 1940: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Aircraftman | |
13 Sep 1940: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Leading Aircraftman, 18489 | |
2 Apr 1942: | Involvement Leading Aircraftman, No. 7 Squadron (RAAF) |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by David Barlow
Son of Henry George and Margaret Dyer
Husband of Gladys Beatrice Dyer of Box Hill, Victoria
RAAF Panel Van tender C11229 from Number 1 Aircraft Depot Laverton overturned following a tyre blowout on Princes Highway near Werribee, Victoria killing:
Leading Aircraftman William Dyer 18489
Leading Aircraftman Vyron Matuschka 13274
Leading Aircraftman Leslie Edrich Nunn 31188
Leading Aircraftman Archibald Palamountain 11077 (died in No 1 RAAF Hospital)