Ernest Leonard DYSON

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DYSON, Ernest Leonard

Service Number:	WX25688
Enlisted:	17 July 1942
Last Rank:	Corporal
Last Unit:	Not yet discovered
Born:	Perth, Western Australia, 15 August 1913
Home Town:	Perth, Western Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Clerk
Died:	Perth, Western Australia, 12 May 1995, aged 81 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Not yet discovered
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World War 2 Service

17 Jul 1942:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Corporal, WX25688
23 Jul 1946:	Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Corporal, WX25688

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Biography contributed by Chris Buckley

Ernest was the sixth of eight children of Percival (Percy) Dyson (b1882 in Melbourne, Victoria) and Theodosia Hannah Wallis (b1881 in Perth WA). Percy (a Furniture Dealer) and Theodosia married in 1900 in Perth WA where they settled and raised their family. Percy worked as a Furniture Broker and Dealer, a Bookmaker and Clerk.

Ernest worked as a Clerk and served with the Militia (Private; Service No:W9050) with 16th Battalion (28 February 1941 - 10 June 1941) before enlisting in the ACMF (8 Casualty Clearing Station) until July 1942 when he enlisted in the AIF. Ernest served with 108 Casualty Clearing Station as a Corporal (WX25688) and was Discharged in July 1946.

In 1950 Ernest married Jean Noel Ward Simmons (nee Morrison; b1913 in Perth WA). The couple settled in Perth WA where Ernest worked as a Clerk. He died in 1995 and Jean in 2010.

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