Dudley Octoman

{{Short description|Australian politician}}

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Charles Caleb Dudley Octoman (31 May 1904 – 11 September 1966),{{Cite SA-parl |pid=4124 |name=Mr Charles Octoman |former=yes |access-date=23 August 2022}} 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.{{cite news |url=https://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article96781580 |title=Late Mr. C M. Octoman. |newspaper=Port Lincoln Times |date=14 April 1949 |access-date=21 December 2014 |page=5 |via=Trove}}

Dudley was employed as a teller with the National Bank of Australasia at Mount Gambier then Port Elliot{{cite news |url=https://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article96999760 |title=Mrs. W. F. Adams |newspaper=Southern Argus |date=13 September 1923 |access-date=20 December 2014 |page=3 |via=Trove}}

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.