DYASON, Vernon Howard
Service Number: | 403568 |
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Enlisted: | 3 February 1941 |
Last Rank: | Flight Lieutenant |
Last Unit: | No. 3 Operational Training Unit Rathmines |
Born: | Turramurra, New South Wales, 9 March 1919 |
Home Town: | Leabrook, City of Burnside, South Australia |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Orchardist |
Died: | Natural causes, Leabrook, South Australia, 12 August 2010, aged 91 years |
Cemetery: |
Centennial Park Cemetery, South Australia Cremated; East Fountain 2, Sandstone Wall 1, Niche D017 |
Memorials: |
World War 2 Service
3 Feb 1941: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Aircraftman 2 (WW2), 403568, Sydney, New South Wales | |
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3 Feb 1941: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Lieutenant, 403568 | |
30 Nov 1945: | Discharged Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Lieutenant, 403568, No. 3 Operational Training Unit Rathmines | |
30 Nov 1945: | Discharged Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Lieutenant, 403568 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Julianne Ryan
Son of Stanley Howard Dyason, c/- Commonwealth Bank, West Ryde, NSW
Husband of Madge Stuart Dyason, lviing at 'Montrose', Scott St, Harden, NSW
On enlisting Veron worked for 4 years as a Bank Clerk with Bank of NSW, Sydney.
Described on enlisting as 21yrs 10mths old; married; 5' 7" tall; 142 lbs; fair complexion; blue eyes; dark hair; Church of England
3/2/1941 enlisted into RAAF at No.2 Recruiting Centre, Sydney
- posted to No.2 ITS Lindfield
29/3/1941 "Married" - Madge Stuart Dyason
22/4/1941 embarked at Sydney, NSW for Canada
14/5/1941 disembarked into Vancouver, Canada
15/9/1941 awarded - "Air Observers Badge"
13/10/1941 ranked Pilot Officer
18/3/1942 posted to No.10 Squadron (overseas) for Observers duties
13/4/1942 ranked Flying Officer
22/4/1942 left Mount Batten by rail for collection of aircraft at Messrs Short Bros Works, Rochester
24/4/1942 left Rochester by air on duty
24/4/1942 arrived Pembroke Dock
25/4/1942 left Pembroke Dock arrived into Mount Batten
21/5/1942 left Mount Batten by air for special duty
left Near East by air on copletion of special duty
22/5/1942 arrived back into Mount Batten
27/8/1942 posted to No.461 Squadron
1942 A member of No. 461 (Sunderland) Squadron RAAF based at
RAF Station Pembroke Dock.
22/2/1943 proceeded to Mount Batten by air
23/2/1943 returned to RAF Station Hamworthy
28/2/1943 proceeded to Mount Batten by air
1/3/1943 returned to RAF Station Hamworthy
2/3/1943 proceeded by air to RAF Pembroke Dock
4/3/1943 left Pembroke Dock by air to Mount Batten
5/3/1943 left Mount Batten by air to RAF Station Hamworth
20/4/1943 posted to RAF Station Pembroke Dock
28/5/1943 proceeded to RAF Mount Batten
30/5/1943 returned to RAF Pembroke Dock
13/10/1943 posted at Mount Batten
15/12/1943 returned from London to Mount Batten RAF Station
21/12/1943 posted to RAF Station Mount Batten
22/1/1944 embarked UK on repatriation to Australia for duty
8/2/1944 deplaned Banana River, Florida, USA
8/2/1944 emplaned Banana River for Alameda, California, USA
13/2/1944 deplaned Alameda
3/3/1944 emplaned Alameda for Australia
- Sunderland ferrying duties UK to Australia RAAF Rep Wash
11/3/1944 disembarked 2ED for service
22/3/1944 40 Squadron from mainland of Australia
16/4/1944 posted to 2 Wing ATC
26/4/1944 proceeded on temporary duty to Rose Bay, NSW
departed Rathmines by air
27/4/1944 left Rathmines
19/6/1944 proceeded on temporary duty to Port Moresby by air
21/6/1944 returned by air
22/6/1944 proceeded on temporary duty by air to Rathmines.
13/7/1944 proceeded on temporary duty at Rose Bay by air - 40 Squadron
22/8/1944 returned by air from temporary duty at Rathmines
31/8/1945 proceeded on temporary duty to EA, deployed by rail
12/9/1945 returned by air
18/9/1945 proceeded on temporary duty outside of Austraila
28/9/1945 returned
Flight Lieutenant in 3 Operational Training Unit
30/11/1945 discharged from service
Medals: 1939-43 Star; Africa Star; Atlantic Star; Defence Medal
Lived at No.1 Harrison Crescent, Port Pirie, South Australia
31/10/1949 enrolled into Air Force Reserves
Worked as an Ochardist
Last lived at 336 Kensington Road, Leabrook, South Australia
12/08/2010 passed away Leabrook, SA
Cremated: Centennial Park Cemetery, Pasadena, South Australia
East Fountain 2, Sandstone Wall 1, Niche D017
Interment Right Expiry 18/11/2040
Sourced and submitted by Juilanne T Ryan. 8/7/2016. Lest we forget.