BECKETT (ADAM-SMITH), Patricia Jean
| Service Number: | VFX124737 |
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| Enlisted: | 17 March 1943 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | Australian Army Medical Women's Service |
| Born: | Carlton, Victoria, Australia, 31 May 1924 |
| Home Town: | Penshurst, Southern Grampians, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Book-keeper, Historian, Author |
| Died: | Multi-infarct Dementia, Brighton, Victoria, Australia, 11 September 2001, aged 77 years |
| Cemetery: |
Drouin Public Cemetery, Victoria |
| Memorials: |
World War 2 Service
| 17 Mar 1943: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, VFX124737 | |
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| 14 Jul 1944: | Discharged Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, VFX124737, Australian Army Medical Women's Service |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Barker Gary
Based on information in her book "Goodbye Girlie' (Penguin, 1994), the following relates to her service during World War 2.
Before her marriage to Clarence William Beckett in 1944, Patricia Jean Smith (later known as Patsy Adam-Smith) enlisted in the Volunteer Aide Detachment in 1941. She was posted to 108 Australian Generla Hospital, located in Ballarat, Victoria.
In 1942 the VAD changed to khaki uniforms and Army basic training was instituted. She was now a member of the Australian Army Medical Women's Service and was sent to Darley Camp about 5 km north west of Baccus Marsh. On completion she was sent to the 1st Orthopaedic Hospital near Toowoomba, Queensland.
She qualified on a Warrant Officer's School in Liverpool, near Sydney, and was promoted to Corporal. Four days after her marriage in Tasmania in 1944 she returned to her unit until discharged.
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