OLVER, Gwendoline Mary
| Service Number: | 350032 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Flying Officer |
| Last Unit: | RAAF Telecommunications and Communications Units |
| Born: | Melbourne, Victoria, Australia , 2 January 1910 |
| Home Town: | Poowong, South Gippsland, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Administrative Clerk |
| Died: | Car accident on Mothers Day on Sth Gipplsland Hwy, Poowong, Victoria, Australia, 13 May 1984, aged 74 years |
| Cemetery: |
Melbourne General Cemetery, Carlton, Victoria |
| Memorials: |
World War 2 Service
| 21 Sep 1945: | Discharged Royal Australian Air Force, Flying Officer, 350032, RAAF Telecommunications and Communications Units | |
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| Date unknown: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flying Officer, 350032, RAAF Telecommunications and Communications Units |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Rebecca Knol
Gwendoline Mary was the daughter of William Olver (1884 - 1965) and Elsie May (1960).
William was the first child of Richard Thomas Peardon Olver and Sarah Ann Olver (nee Davies). William (Bill) assumed the role as head of the family when his two brothers Henry (Harry) & Fred Olver went to the war.
Gwen married Bill Hayler (date unknown). They did not have children. Early in her career she worked in the office of Arnotts Biscuits. Gwen & Bill managed the Poowong Post Office from 1974 until her death in 1984. Her husband Bill died in 1978.
She had one brother William Keith Olver who worked with JB Were & Sons.
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