WILSON, Ena Alice
| Service Number: | 97717 |
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| Enlisted: | 20 May 1942 |
| Last Rank: | Aircraftwoman |
| Last Unit: | Not yet discovered |
| Born: | West Wyalong, New South Wales, Australia, 18 May 1921 |
| Home Town: | West Wyalong, Bland, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | West Wyalong Public School, New South Wales, Australia |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Died: | Fairy Meadow, New South Wales, Australia, 5 May 1996, aged 74 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
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World War 2 Service
| 20 May 1942: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Aircraftwoman, 97717 | |
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| 6 Sep 1945: | Discharged Royal Australian Air Force, Aircraftwoman, 97717 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Louise Roy
Ena Messner was born in West Wyalong in 1921, the daughter of Charles Messner, a saddler, and Alice. In early 1943 while serving in the RAAF she married Flight Sergeant Allen Howard Wilson. A few weeks later her husband was sent to the USA for training, and then to Lincolnshire, England, where he joined 101 Squadron, Bomber Command. He was a Wireless Operator Air Gunner. On 18th March 1944 Ena's mother in law died in West Wyalong and twelve days later, her husband Flt Sgt Wilson was killed when his plane crashed in Welford, Berkshire, following a bombing raid over Nuremburg. There were no children of Ena's first marriage. She remarried the following year and had two children. Ena died aged 74 in Fairy Meadow, N.S.W.