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DIXON, Robert Greenhow
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 9672 |
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| 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, Crib Point, Victoria 2.H.2., HMAS Cerberus Cemetery, Westernport, Mornington Peninsula, Victoria, Australia |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
Service History
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. |
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World War 2 Service
| 27 Jan 1920: | Enlisted Royal Australian Navy, Able Seaman, 9672 | |
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| 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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Add my storyBiography 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
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