Dudley Octoman

Charles Caleb Dudley Octoman (31 May 1904 – 11 September 1966),[1] commonly known as Dudley Octoman or C. D. Octoman, was a politician in the State of South Australia.

He was born the oldest of four sons of Charles Machon Octoman (ca.1871 – 28 March 1949), perhaps in Tumby Bay, where his father, a coachbuilder, was a pioneer, or in Lipson, where he later had a farm. The family lived in Payneham from 1919 to 1926 for the sons' education.[2] Dudley was employed as a teller with the National Bank of Australasia at Mount Gambier then Port Elliot[3]

He enlisted with the RAAF during World War II and remained with the service for several years after cessation of hostilities.

He was elected to a Northern districts seat on the Legislative Council 6 March 1965 and died in office. Arthur Whyte won the resulting by-election.

Family

Dudley Octoman married Laurel B. Riggs on 1 March 1928. They had a son Neil Riggs Octoman on 7 May 1932.

He had three brothers: Frederick Joseph Reginald (born 15 December 1906 at Lipson SA) married to Betty; a younger brother Vivian who married Mavis Wishart sometime after 1932, and the youngest Mervyn Provis Octoman (born 8 June 1911 at Port Lincoln) who was engaged to Violet Wishart in 1934.

References

  1. ↑ "Former Member of Parliament Details". Australian Government. Retrieved 20 December 2014.
  2. ↑ "Late Mr. C M. Octoman.". Port Lincoln Times (SA : 1927 - 1954) (SA: National Library of Australia). 14 April 1949. p. 5. Retrieved 21 December 2014.
  3. ↑ "Mrs. W. F. Adams". Southern Argus (Port Elliot, SA : 1866 - 1954) (Port Elliot, SA: National Library of Australia). 13 September 1923. p. 3. Retrieved 20 December 2014.


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