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| Birth |
22 Jul 1889 |
Adelaide, South Australia |
| Sex |
Male |
| Died |
25 Jun 1945 |
Repatriation General Hospital, SA, Australia |
| Person ID |
I1076 |
Default Tree |
| Last Modified |
24 Oct 2009 |
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| Father |
John William DYETT, b. 11 Jul 1860, Franklin, Victoria, Australia (Reg No 15861) |
| Mother |
Elizabeth BOLAND, b. 15 Dec 1859, Creswick (Near Ballarat) Victoria, Australia |
| Group Sheet |
F361 |
Default Tree |
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| Family 1 |
Mary Ann Cahill, b. 25 Dec 1892 |
| Married |
3 Feb 1913 |
St. Patricks, West Terrace, Adelaide, South Australia |
| Children |
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| Group Sheet |
F365 |
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| Notes |
On October 15, 1915. William John Dyett at the age of 28 years 2 months, is described as: five foot four and three quarter inches, weighing 145 pounds, chest measurement was 34.36 inches, medium complexion, brown hair, brown eyes. This was Will, as he was affectionately known then, when he set off to the distant shores to participate in WW1, leaving behind him his wife Annie and 3 year old daughter Nellie.
His death was caused from some heart attack and pneumonia set in when it was thought he was on the mend. Pneumonia was then a common cause of death as a secondary illness. Patients were kept immobilized and antibiotics had not been discovered.
Title
Dyett William John : SERN 5018 : POB Adelaide SA : POE Adelaide SA : NOK W Dyett Mary Jane
Item barcode
3531070 Series number
B2455 Series accession number
B2455/1
Control symbol
DYETT W J
Contents date range
circa 1914 - circa 1920 Extent
Location
National Office
Access status
Open Reason for restriction
Date of decision
12 Apr 2001
His Army records for WW1 have signing up on 15 October, 1917. This war had been envisioned by the 'powers that be' as to be a short war, but by 1917 there was no sign of it ending and the casualty list was enormous. Men who had stayed behind for families or because of specific work they did, felt obliged to sign up for duty overseas. Bill was 28 year old, and was assigned to B company Mitcham. They were sent to Melbourne on 24 October,prior to leaving on the H.M.T. A38 Ulyssis from Melbourne, 22 December 1917.
He disembarked at the Suez Camp in Egypt, 16 January 1918, moving onto
All that is left of Will now are my few faint memories and even those are far distant from the time of WW1, these are from when WW2 was raging and he,then in his fifties, was part of the AIF reserve at Warradale camp in South Australia.
I remember him, as a rotund jovial man. I was his pride and joy: his 'Billie' as he always called me. Had I been born a boy no doubt I would have been named William. I recall him taking me on walks over the bridge at Mile End, looking down at the trains and the paddocks below where cows grazed. Sometimes he would take me to the paddocks in search of mushrooms. When he was on leave from the Warradale Army camp, barely a minute passed when I was not in his arms or at his side.
I was told by my mother how he would bring me gifts, especially if he had been with his mates at the local and indulging a little in the amber fluids. One day his gift was more than my Nanna could take, for there was a touch of larrikan in Will. He arrived at the back entrance of the long narrow yard of the adjoined shop/home, with a donkey for his 'Billie'. This apparantely was ' the straw that broke the camels back' for Annie, who, although quite crippled, could handle her walking stick life a lethal weapon. Neighbours peered over fences as Pop ran, dragging the donkey, with Nan giving chase in a scurry of abuse, the neighing donkey disappeared - never to seen by my eyes.
My father would tell he stories of how, during the years of the Great Depression, ( before he married Nellie, he boarded with the family) he and Pop would go about looking for odd jobs. Their greatest times were when they could pick up some work back stage in some of the vaudeville shows at Theatre Royal and the original Her Majesties theatres. Sometimes they would be part of the magic acts, the disappearing man, the skeletons or what ever. My father would always break into a deep chuckle as he remembered some of the mischief that they would invent between them. |
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| Sources |
1. [S10] Ngai Tahu Ancesters & Descendants, John Hutchinson, William John Dyett (Reliability: 3), 21 OCT 2009
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