SQUIRE, Dudley Joseph
| Service Number: | WX9330 |
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| Enlisted: | 30 October 1940 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 2nd/4th Machine Gun Battalion |
| Born: | Bideford, England , 6 May 1909 |
| Home Town: | Mukinbudin, Mukinbudin, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | England |
| Occupation: | Farmer |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Malaya, 12 February 1942, aged 32 years |
| Cemetery: |
Kranji War Cemetery Coll grave 28 C 10-14 |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 2 Service
| 3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Private, WX9330 | |
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| 30 Oct 1940: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, WX9330, 2nd/4th Machine Gun Battalion |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of Elias Edmund and Ethel Jane Squire.
HIS DUTY FEARLESSLY AND NOBLY DONE EVER REMEMBERED
In 1926 Dudley Squire aged 17 years migrated to South Australia from England. He later joined his brother Michael at Muckinbudin to gain further farming experience before purchasing his own small property. With the bad seasons and fluctuating returns Dudley had to take up casual work to keep going.
Dudley Squire was an active community member and joined the Muckinbudin Soccer team which played in the same competition as Joe Sevier, Wilgoyne.
As a farmer, Dudley was ‘manpowered’ and before enlisting had to arrange for his brother to work his property until his return.
Tragically Dudley was KIA 12th February 1942 and did not return to his farm.
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