About Doug Dillon
Lived 1924 – 1999 (aged 74). Doug Dillon was a lawyer and military personnel.
John Douglas Dillon (23 November 1924 – 19 April 1999) was a New Zealand lawyer and jurist.
Born on 23 November 1924, Dillon served in the Royal New Zealand Air Force during World War II, training at the Royal Canadian Air Force No.6 Service Flying Training School in Dunnville, Ontario, graduating in October 1944. The same month, he was granted a temporary commission with the rank of pilot officer, and in April 1945 he was promoted to the rank of flying officer (temporary).
After the war, Dillon studied at Victoria University College, graduating Bachelor of Laws in 1950. He worked as a solicitor in Rotorua, and was a member of both the Arbitrators' and Mediators' Institute and the Crown Solicitor's panel.
Dillon served as a High Court and Court of Appeal judge in the Cook Islands, Niue, Western Samoa and Kiribati. He died in Rotorua on 19 April 1999.
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New Zealand lawyer
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Doug Dillon was born on 23 November 1924.
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Doug Dillon died on 19 April 1999 in New Zealand, Rotorua.
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Doug Dillon was a lawyer and military personnel.
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