Dudley Leslie TYRES
Year of Birth: 1926
Place of Birth: Springvale, Victoria, Australia
Date of Enlistment: 24 April 1945, Port Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Australian Defence Force: Royal Australian Navy
Rank: Able Seaman
Ship: H.M.A.S. Warrnambool
Service Number: PM8296
Died: 19 April 1947
Age: 20 years
Buried: Cairns War Cemetery – Plot B – Row A – Grave 21
Dudley’s parents were William Edgar and Alma Jane (McHale) Tyres, he was born 14 November 1926 and one of four children. His height was 5 feet 6 inches with blue eyes and fresh complexion, occupation a labourer.
Cause of death was drowning.
Five months after Dudley’s death, September 1947, the ship he was serving on, HMAS Warnambool, struck a mine off Cairns and was sunk.
Online Resources
NAA: A6770, (TYRES Dudley Leslie) National Archives of Australia
National Library of Australia: Trove Digitised Newspapers
Queensland Registrar of Births Deaths & Marriages
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