William Arthur Charles DYER

DYER, William Arthur Charles

Service Number: 18489
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
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World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939: Involvement 18489
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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Biography 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)

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