Philip John DILLEY

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DILLEY, Philip John

Service Number:	WX18893
Enlisted:	12 January 1942
Last Rank:	Corporal
Last Unit:	General / Motor Transport Company/ies (WW2)
Born:	Claremont, Fremantle, Western Australia, 16 March 1914
Home Town:	Perth, Western Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Truck Driver
Died:	Perth, Western Australia, 10 September 1999, aged 85 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Karrakatta Cemetery & Crematorium, Western Australia Memorialised at Pinnaroo Valley Memorial Park: Banksia Court, Lake 1B, Position 0148
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World War 2 Service

12 Jan 1942:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Corporal, WX18893, General / Motor Transport Company/ies (WW2)
6 Nov 1945:	Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Corporal, WX18893, General / Motor Transport Company/ies (WW2)

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Biography contributed by Chris Buckley

Philip was the second of three children of Charles John Dilley (b1884 in Bedfordshire, England) and May Leggett (b1889 in London, England). Charles and May emigrated in 1912, arriving in Fremantle WA on board the Australian. The couple settled in Fremantle WA where Charles worked as a Carter and Attendant at the Mental Hospital before enlisting in WWI (Private; Service No:4725). The family lived in Claremont, Fremantle and in Perth, WA where Charles was a Greengrocer and Labourer.

Philip worked as a Plasterer in Perth WA and in 1939 married Thelma Grace Jude (b1916 in Perth WA). The couple settled in Perth, WA where Philip was a Truck Driver when he enlisted in the Australian Army in January 1942. He was a Corporal (Service No:WX18893) attached to 2/167 General Transport Coy when he was Discharged in November 1945.

Following his Discharge, Philip and Thelma settled in Perth WA where Philip worked as a Fibrous Plasterer before becoming a Manager in the early 1960s. He died in 1999 and Thelma in 2003.

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