Warren DICKSON

DICKSON, Warren

    Service Number: 442903
    Enlisted: 25 March 1944
    Last Rank: Aircraftman
    Last Unit: Not yet discovered
    Born: Renmark, South Australia, 24 February 1925
    Home Town: Daw Park, Mitcham, South Australia
    Schooling: Not yet discovered
    Occupation: Not yet discovered
    Died: Daw Park, South Australia, 12 February 2004, aged 78 years, cause of death not yet discovered
    Cemetery: Centennial Park Cemetery, South Australia
    Cremated. Derrick Gardens, Path 56, Grave 1370B
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    World War 2 Service

    25 Mar 1944: Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Aircraftman, 442903, Area Finance Office Adelaide
    25 Mar 1944: Enlisted Adelaide, SA
    25 Mar 1944: Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Leading Aircraftman, 442903
    17 Jul 1945: Discharged

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    Biography contributed by Julianne Ryan

    Rootsweb ID: I487311 Birth Record: 24 Feb 1925 in Renmark, South Australia

    Father Reverand Darcy Elliot Dickson
    Last lived at 15 Collins Street, Collinswood, SA.
    Mother (1st marriage) Margaret Dickson (Fisher) - b. 16/6/1885 Forreston SA - d. 1960
    Siblings:          
    Sister       Hazel Dickson (b & d. 1921)
    Himself     Warren Dickson (b. 24/2/1925 Renmark, SA - d. 2004)
    Brother     Neville Darcy Dickson (b. 25/7/1928 Pinnaroo, SA - d. 8/12/1928 Woodville, SA)

    Step Mother   Mary Olive Dickson (Bowley) - b. 1924 Clare, SA - d. 4/10/2003, Clare, SA
    Half brother:   Guy Dickson (b. 1966)

    NOK in service:
    Father:    
    2292 WWI - Private Darcy Elliot Dickson MM
                        1st Australian Stationary Hospital, 3rd Field Ambulance
                   24/11/1914   enlisted
                   1/4/1915       embarked Outer Harbour onboard HMAT Port Lincoln
                   served in Gallipoli
                   8/8/1919       discharged from service
                   15/9/1971      passed away in Collinswood, SA
                   cremated in:    Centennial Park Cemetery
                                        RSL Section, Wall 117, Niche C001

    Step-uncles: 
    416015 - WWII - Flying Officer Robert George Bowley (DFC)
                                RAAF 10 Squadron
                    b. 14/7/1921 Clare, SA
    Father Alfred John Bowley - b. 1885 - 24/4/1964
    Mother Olive Mary Bowley (nee Stribling) - b. 18/8/1887 - Stockport, SA - 6/2/1974 - Norwood, SA
                    3/3/1941    enlisted into WWII
                    Flying Officer in 10 Squadron
                    17/5/1943   killed in flying accident - over Atlantic Ocean (at sea)
                    Honoured with - Distinguished Flying Cross
                    commemorated at parents grave - Clare Cemetery, Clare, SA

    SX3186 - WWII - Corporal Reginald Alfred Bowley
                                Australian Army - Discharge 1 Independent Company
                    21/5/1940   enlisted at Clare, SA
                    13/12/1944 discharged from service
                    8/11/2000   passed away
                    buried in:     Clare Cemetery, SA - family grave 

     

    Warren  WWII - service #416015             

    25/3/1944    enlisted in Adelaide

    Aircraftman in RAAF - Area Finance Office Adelaide

    *** Service records need to be ordered through NAA ***

    17/7/1945    discharged

    12/2/2004    passed away Daw Park
    cremated:     Centennial Park Cemetery
                       Derrick Gardens, Path 56, Grave 1370B
                       Interment Right Expiry 31/05/2056

    Sourced and submitted by Julianne T Ryan.  4/6/2016.  Lest we forget.

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