MADDISON, Elva Margaret
| Service Number: | 114899 |
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| Enlisted: | 27 June 1945, Adelaide, SA |
| Last Rank: | Aircraftwoman |
| Last Unit: | 4 Personnel Depot (RAAF) |
| Born: | Adelaide, South Australia, 7 May 1926 |
| Home Town: | Renmark, Renmark Paringa, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Renmark Primary School, South Australia |
| Occupation: | Clerk |
| Died: | Natural Causes, Renmark South Australia, 20 January 2012, aged 85 years |
| Cemetery: |
Barmera Cemetery, South Australia |
| Memorials: | Renmark District Roll of Honour WW2 |
World War 2 Service
| 27 Jun 1945: | Involvement 114899 | |
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| 27 Jun 1945: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Aircraftwoman, 114899, 4 Personnel Depot (RAAF), Adelaide, SA | |
| 29 May 1946: | Discharged | |
| Date unknown: | Involvement |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Daughter of Lionel Joseph George and Bertha Alice MADDISON
Biography contributed by Richard Perry
Elva Margaret Maddison attended the Renmark Primary School and acheived a distinguished school record. This was further enhanced at Stotts Business School where she undertook studies in business administration receiving distinctions in bookkeeping, shorthand and typing. On 22 July 1945 she left Renmark for Melbourne and enlistsed in the W.A.A.F. in the Royal Australian Airforce.
On 22 January 1948 she married Douglas Keith Starks himself a member of the 2nd A.I.F. Regimental Number SX 27702. Theere were four children from the marriage.
Both Elva and Douglas Starks lived out their days in Renmark - Douglas died in August 2000 aged 87 yrs Elva in 2012 aged 85 yrs.
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