Alice Jean WHEATLEY

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Service Number:	N5906
Enlisted:	4 May 1941
Last Rank:	Squadron Leader
Last Unit:	Not yet discovered
Born:	Bridgetown, Western Australia, 3 August 1904
Home Town:	Not yet discovered
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Not yet discovered
Died:	Bridgetown, Western Australia, Australia, 24 May 1993, aged 88 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Bridgetown Cemetery
Memorials:

4 May 1941:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Squadron Leader, N5906
12 Mar 1951:	Discharged Royal Australian Air Force, Squadron Leader, N5906

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Alice was born in 1904, the daughter of Robert Wheatley and Agnes Foster Wheatley nee Muir.

World War 2 Service

4 May 1941: Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Squadron Leader, N5906

Served in New Guinea

Promotions:

Senior Sister 1.4.1942

Matron (T) 1.3.1944

Principal Matron (T) 3.1.1947

Principal Matron 23.9.1948

Awards:

Officer of the Order of the British Empire – 1.1.1951

Associate of Royal Red Cross – 10.3.1944

1939-1945 Star

Pacific Star

War Medals 1939-1945

Australia Service Medal 1939-1945

12 Mar 1951: Discharged Royal Australian Air Force, Squadron Leader, N5906 on medical grounds.

Information obtained from service records and Trove newspapers.

Alice passed away on 24.5.1993. Her remains were buried at Bridgetown Cemetery with those of her parents who had predeceased her.