WILSON, Betsy Jane
| Service Number: | WF93062 |
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| Enlisted: | 16 June 1943 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | Not yet discovered |
| Born: | Kalgoorlie, Western Australia, 15 March 1922 |
| Home Town: | Perth, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Domestic Servant |
| Died: | Perth, Western Australia, 30 August 1960, aged 38 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Karrakatta Cemetery & Crematorium, Western Australia PLOT Crematorium Rose Gardens-Garden 6K-0020 |
| Memorials: |
World War 2 Service
| 16 Jun 1943: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, WF93062 | |
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| 7 Sep 1944: | Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, WF93062 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Chris Buckley
Betsy Ann was the youngest of three children of Alexander (Alec) Edwin Wilson (b1897 in Perth WA) and his first wife Margaret Martin Hunter (b1895 in Lanarkshire, Scotland). Alec (a Police Constable) and Margaret married in Fremantle WA in 1914 and then lived in Police Quarters as Alec was posted to Meekatharra and then Kalgoorlie WA. Margaret died in childbirth in Kalgoorlie in 1922, and Alec moved back to Fremantle with his three young children. In 1930 Alec was working as a Mattress Maker in Fremantle WA when he married Dorothy (Dot) Alma Whelan (b1912 in New Norcia, WA).
Betsy Ann was a Domestic Worker in Perth WA when she enlisted in the Australian Army Medical Women's Service (Private; Service No:WF90362) and was Discharged in September 1944.
In 1947 Betsy Jane married Norman Ian Page (b1914 in Paradise, South Australia) - Norman served in WWII (Private; Service No:WX11241). The couple settled in Banksiadale in Peel, WA where Norman worked as a Labourer. Betsy Jane died in 1960.