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
editDudley Octoman married Laurel Bond Riggs (1905–1990) on 1 March 1928. They had a son Neil Riggs Octoman on 7 May 1932.
He had three brothers: Frederick Joseph Reginald (15 December 1906 – 1992), born at Lipson SA, married Betty Hazel McDougall in 1933; a younger brother Vivian Machon Octoman (c. 1908–1967) who married Mavis Jessie Lorna Wishart in 1934, and the youngest Mervyn Provis Octoman (8 June 1911 – 1979) born at Port Lincoln, married (Doris) Violet Jean Wishart in 1936.
References
edit- ^ "Mr Charles Octoman". Former members of the Parliament of South Australia. Retrieved 23 August 2022.
- ^ "Late Mr. C M. Octoman". Port Lincoln Times. 14 April 1949. p. 5. Retrieved 21 December 2014 – via Trove.
- ^ "Mrs. W. F. Adams". Southern Argus. 13 September 1923. p. 3. Retrieved 20 December 2014 – via Trove.
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