Robert Greenhow DIXON

DIXON, Robert Greenhow

Service Number: 9672
Enlisted: 27 January 1920
Last Rank: Able Seaman
Last Unit: HMAS Cerberus (Shore)
Born: Egremont, Cheshire, England, 28 October 1893
Home Town: Port Melbourne, Port Phillip, Victoria
Schooling: unknown
Occupation: Metropolitan Board of Works
Died: Acute Pulmonary Oedema, Flinders Naval Depot, Victoria, Australia, 15 April 1943, aged 49 years
Cemetery: HMAS Cerberus Cemetery
2.H.2., HMAS Cerberus Cemetery, Westernport, Mornington Peninsula, Victoria, Australia
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour
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Non Warlike Service

27 Jan 1920: Transferred Royal Australian Navy, Able Seaman, HMAS Cerberus (Shore), 13-05-1921 approval granted to permanently transfer to R.A.N. from R.N., to complete unexpired portion of R.N. 12 year engagement. Completed 28-10-1923.

World War 2 Service

27 Jan 1920: Enlisted Royal Australian Navy, Able Seaman, 9672
3 Sep 1939: Involvement Able Seaman, 9672, HMAS Cerberus (Shore)
2 Oct 1939: Enlisted Royal Australian Navy, Able Seaman, 9672, Enrolled in Royal Australian Fleet Reserve (RAFR) 02-10-1939. Served on board; Arawa, Victory 1 and Orara.
4 Sep 1942: Transferred Royal Australian Navy, Able Seaman, HMAS Cerberus (Shore), 15-05-1942 Approved to be employed on Shore service for the duration of the war.
15 Apr 1943: Discharged Royal Australian Navy, Able Seaman, 9672, HMAS Cerberus (Shore), Deceased.

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Biography contributed by Elizabeth Allen

Robert Greenhow DIXON was born in Egremont, Cheshire, England on 28th October, 1893

His parents were Robert Greenhow DIXON & Alice COWELL

He married Lily Marjorie Beatrice CANN in Victoria in 1922 - two known children, Robert & Jack

He died suddenly on 15th April, 1943 at the Flinders Naval Depot in Victoria