William Arthur Charles DYER

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DYER, William Arthur Charles

Service Number:	18489
Enlisted:	13 September 1940
Last Rank:	Leading Aircraftman
Last Unit:	No. 7 Squadron (RAAF)
Born:	Mooroopna, Victoria, Australia, 27 February 1900
Home Town:	Box Hill, Whitehorse, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Not yet discovered
Died:	Accidental (Motor Vehicle), Werribee, Victoria, Australia, Werribee, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 2 April 1942, aged 42 years
Cemetery:	Box Hill General Cemetery, Victoria Presbyterian Plot. Sec. 51. Grave 49. (GRM/3) , Box Hill General Cemetery, Box Hill, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Mooroopna & Ardmona District Memorial Panels

World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement 18489
13 Sep 1940:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Aircraftman
13 Sep 1940:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Leading Aircraftman, 18489
2 Apr 1942:	Involvement Leading Aircraftman, No. 7 Squadron (RAAF)

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Biography contributed by David Barlow

Son of Henry George and Margaret Dyer

Husband of Gladys Beatrice Dyer of Box Hill, Victoria

RAAF Panel Van tender C11229 from Number 1 Aircraft Depot Laverton overturned following a tyre blowout on Princes Highway near Werribee, Victoria killing:

Leading Aircraftman William Dyer 18489

Leading Aircraftman Vyron Matuschka 13274

Leading Aircraftman Leslie Edrich Nunn 31188

Leading Aircraftman Archibald Palamountain 11077 (died in No 1 RAAF Hospital)

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