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DIXON, Robert Greenhow

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Step 1: Personal Details

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, Crib Point, Victoria 2.H.2., HMAS Cerberus Cemetery, Westernport, Mornington Peninsula, Victoria, Australia
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

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Step 2: 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.

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

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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