GILBERT, Gloria Edith
| Service Number: | 102131 |
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| Enlisted: | 22 March 1944 |
| Last Rank: | Aircraftwoman |
| Last Unit: | Not yet discovered |
| Born: | Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 24 August 1925 |
| Home Town: | Brisbane, Brisbane, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Died: | Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 9 September 2020, aged 95 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Toowong (Brisbane General) Cemetery, Queensland |
| Memorials: |
World War 2 Service
| 22 Mar 1944: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Aircraftwoman, 102131 | |
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| 1 May 1946: | Discharged Royal Australian Air Force, Aircraftwoman, 102131 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Chris Buckley
Gloria was the third of five children of Charles Thomas Gilbert (b1888 in Brisbane, QLD) and Edith Honor Draper (b1995 in Brisbane, QLD). Charles - a Labourer - and Edith married in 1920 in Brisbane, QLD where they settled and raised their family. Charles served as a Private/Driver (Service No:1170) in WWI.
Gloria enlisted in the RAAF in March 1944 and was an Aircraftwoman (Service No:102131) attached to RAAF Com HQs when she was Discharged in May 1946. In 1948 Gloria married her next-door neighbour Daniel (Danny) William Hunter - Danny served in WWII (Gunner; Service Nos:QX55700/Q152193). Brother-in-Law Ronald Leopold Petfield (Able Seaman; Service No:B2810) also served in WWII.
Gloria and Danny settled in Brisbane and raised their family - Danny worked as a Pastry Cook and in 2009 was awarded an OAM. Gloria died in 2010 and Danny in 2012.