Mavis Sylvia GARDNER

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GARDNER, Mavis Sylvia

Service Number:	94194
Enlisted:	14 January 1942
Last Rank:	Corporal
Last Unit:	Not yet discovered
Born:	Yarraman, Queensland, Australia, 5 July 1921
Home Town:	Brisbane, Brisbane, Queensland
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Not yet discovered
Died:	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 4 December 2001, aged 80 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Not yet discovered
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World War 2 Service

14 Jan 1942:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Corporal, 94194
21 Aug 1945:	Discharged Royal Australian Air Force, Corporal, 94194

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Biography contributed by Chris Buckley

Mavis was the third of four children of Henry (Harry) William Gardner (b1885 in Ipswich, QLD) and Violet Ann Heale (b1891 at Yarraman Creek, Darling Downs, QLD). Harry (a Labourer) and Violet married in 1913 at Yarraman and in 1916 Harry enlisted with the AIF (Private; Service No:18908). Brother Joseph (Private; Service No:50) had served in the Boer War. Harry and Violet settled in Yarraman, QLD where theyr aised their family and Harry worked as a Labourer.

Mavis was in Brisbane with her sister Dulcie in January 1942 when she enlisted in the RAAF. Mavis was a Corporal (Service No:94194) attached to 3 Embarkation Depot Sandgate when she was Discharged in August 1945. Sister Dulcie (Service No:QF143286) and Brothers Henry (Bill) William (Service No:Q3772) and Sydney Gordon (Service No:QX39195) and several cousins also served in WWII.

In 1947 Mavis married Norman (Norm) Allan Scott (b1918 in Rockhampton, QLD) - Norm also served in WWII (Service No:QX10608). Mavis and Norm lived in Goomeri, Tully, Innisfail and Emerald where Norm was a Forest Ranger/Overseer, before settling in Chermside in Brisbane where Norm was an Inspector. Mavis died in 2001 and Norm in 2003.

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