DODSON, Cyril Ingram
Service Number: | 11266 |
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Enlisted: | 24 July 1940, Melbourne, Vic. |
Last Rank: | Sergeant |
Last Unit: | No. 11 Elementary Flying Training School Benalla |
Born: | Cardiff, Wales, 26 January 1908 |
Home Town: | St Kilda East, Port Phillip, Victoria |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Wardsman |
Died: | Illness (Appendicitis), Wangaratta Base Hospital, Wangaratta, Victoria, Australia, 20 May 1943, aged 35 years |
Cemetery: |
Benalla War Cemetery C A 1 |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 2 Service
3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Sergeant, 11266 | |
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24 Jul 1940: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Sergeant, 11266, No. 11 Elementary Flying Training School Benalla, Melbourne, Vic. |
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Son of Archibald Ingram Dodson and Annie Mary Dodson; husband of Veronica Ursula Dodson, of East St. Kilda.
OBITUARY
SERGT. CYRIL DODSON
(R.A.A.F.)
The death took place at the Community Hospital, Wangaratta, on Thursday of last week of Sergeant Cyril Dodson, of the R.A.A.F. Sergt. Dodson was born at Cardiff, and came to Victoria when three years of age. He returned from service in the Middle East, and was stationed at Benella. He was 35 years of age. His widow lives in St. Kilda Road, Melbourne. Burial took place at Benalla on Friday last, when deceased was given a full military funeral, the coffin bearers and flower bearers being all airmen. Padre Sherlock officiated at the graveside. The funeral arrangements were carried out by Messrs. Todd and O'Brien.