Background
He was born the oldest of four sons of Charles Machon Octoman (ca1871 – 28 March 1949), perhaps in Tumby Bay, where his father, a coachbuilder, was a pioneer, or in Lipson, where he later had a farm.
He was born the oldest of four sons of Charles Machon Octoman (ca1871 – 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. Dudley was employed as a teller with the National Bank of Australasia at Mount Gambier then Portuguese Elliot
He enlisted with the Royal Australian Air Force during World 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.
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 Société Anonyme) 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 Portuguese Lincoln) who was engaged to Violet Wishart in 1934.