BURROWES, Mavis Myrtle
| Service Number: | 91725 |
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| Enlisted: | 10 January 1942, Adelaide |
| Last Rank: | Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 4 Embarkation Depot |
| Born: | Tanunda, South Australia, 11 October 1914 |
| Home Town: | Brighton, Holdfast Bay, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Gawler Technical School, South Australia |
| Occupation: | Cook instructress |
| Died: | Tuberculous Meningitis, Adelaide, South Australia, 15 August 1943, aged 28 years |
| Cemetery: |
Centennial Park Cemetery, South Australia Plot M, Row A, Grave 5 |
| Memorials: | Adelaide WW2 Wall of Remembrance, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Daw Park Repatriation Hospital WW2 Women of the Armed Forces Who Died HR, St Marys SA Army Nursing Sisters/Women Memorial Wall |
World War 2 Service
| 10 Jan 1942: | Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Corporal, 91725 | |
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| 10 Jan 1942: | Enlisted Adelaide | |
| 10 Jan 1942: | Enlisted 91725, Adelaide, South Australia | |
| 10 Jan 1942: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Corporal, 91725 | |
| 10 Jan 1942: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Aircraftwoman, 91725, RAAF Recruit Centres, 5 Recruiting Centre (5RC) prior to 1 School of Technical Training (1STT) as a trainee cook | |
| 14 Apr 1942: | Transferred Royal Australian Air Force, Aircraftwoman, No. 4 School of Technical Training Adelaide | |
| 1 Aug 1942: | Promoted Royal Australian Air Force, Corporal, No. 4 School of Technical Training Adelaide, Acting Corporal from 1 Aug 42 prior to Full Corporal on 1 Feb 43 | |
| 30 Apr 1943: | Transferred Royal Australian Air Force, Corporal, 4 Embarkation Depot | |
| 1 Aug 1943: | Transferred Royal Australian Air Force, Corporal, 4 Embarkation Depot, admitted and died at RAAF Wing, Royal Adelaide Hospital on 15 Aug 43, due to illness (Tuberculous Meningitis) | |
| 15 Aug 1943: | Involvement Corporal, 91725, 4 Embarkation Depot, Homeland Defence - Militia and non deployed forces |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Elizabeth Allen
Mavis was born Mavis Myrtle OBST on 11th October, 1914 in Tanunda, South Australia
Her parents were Albert Wilhelm Theodor OBST and Matilda Emma KLEEMANN
She married William Thomas BURROWES on 4th July 1936 in St Stephens Lutheran Church, Adelaide.
Mavis joined the Royal Australian Air Force on 10th January, 1942 - she was with the Womens Auxillary- Australian Air Force (4 Embarkation Depot (WAAF) and was a Corporal
She died of Illness on 15th Auust, 1943 at the RAAF Wing Royal Adelaide Hospital
Mavis is buried in Centennial Park Cemetery in Adelaide & was given an Air Force Funeral - she is commemorated on the Australian War Memorial
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