DYSON, William Victor
| Service Number: | 78 |
|---|---|
| Enlisted: | 25 January 1916 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 53rd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 25 February 1892 |
| Home Town: | Perth, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Iron Moulder |
| Died: | Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 26 January 1967, aged 74 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Field Of Mars Cemetery, Ryde, NSW |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 25 Jan 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 78, 53rd Infantry Battalion | |
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| 13 May 1916: | Involvement Private, 78, 36th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '17' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Beltana embarkation_ship_number: A72 public_note: '' | |
| 13 May 1916: | Embarked Private, 78, 36th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Beltana, Sydney | |
| 21 Jul 1920: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 78, 53rd Infantry Battalion |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Chris Buckley
William was the son of Mabel Grace Dyson (b1874 in Perth, WA) and George Deverell Robinson (b1863 in Melbourne, Victoria). Mabel - sixteen years of age when she had William - travelled to Melbourne to give birth and her son William was adopted and raised by her brother and his wife. The Dyson family was notorious in Perth . George was a Surveyor in Guildford, WA.
William worked as an iron Moulder in Perth WA and enlisted in the AIF in January 1916 (Private; Service No:78). He stated he had previously served four years with 11th Light Horse Regiment Perth, and served with 53rd and 36th Infantry Battalions. William was listed as a Deserter (NSW Australia Police Gazettes, 31 July 1918; p347) and as a result was Discharged on 21 July 1920, forfeiting his Pension and War Medals.
In 1919 William was working in Sydney NSW as a Hospital Attendant and married Muriel Esther Bernaldo (b1893 in Creswick, Victoria) in 1920. The marriage was short-lived and Muriel remarried. Records indicate that both William and Muriel used aliases - Muriel using 'Clarke' and William using the name of Muriel's second husband 'Harmer'. William had returned to Perth WA by 1924 when he received a prison sentence for theft.
William worked as a Labourer and Iron Worker and when he died in 1967, his Death Certificate stated that his parents' names were unknown and that he had no known relatives.
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