Mercia Viola Beryl THOMAS

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THOMAS, Mercia Viola Beryl

Service Number:	107460
Enlisted:	30 November 1942, Adelaide
Last Rank:	Aircraftwoman
Last Unit:	Not yet discovered
Born:	Glenelg, South Australia, 30 November 1915
Home Town:	Glenelg, Holdfast Bay, South Australia
Schooling:	Glenelg Primary School, South Australia
Occupation:	Defence Worker (Richards Industries Ltd)
Died:	Park Holme, Adelaide, South Australia, 13 March 1970, aged 54 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Centennial Park Cemetery, South Australia
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World War 2 Service

30 Nov 1942:	Involvement 107460
30 Nov 1942:	Enlisted Adelaide
30 Nov 1942:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Aircraftwoman, 107460
19 Feb 1946:	Discharged

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Biography contributed by Chris Buckley

Second of the six siblings (Adrian, Mercia, Ross, Clive, Joan and Gloria) who served in WWII, Aircraftwoman Mercia Viola Beryl Thomas (Service No:107460) enlisted in the WAAAF at No 5 Recruiting Station Adelaide on 30 November 1942 with No 1 WAAAF Depot - mustered as Mess Steward, re mustered as Stewardess. Aircraftwoman Thomas served with 5 HQ Laverton, and was attached to Wireless Telegraph Station Adelaide at Discharge on 19 February 1946.

Mercia was born in Glenelg, South Australia in 1915, second of seven children of Henry (George) Thomas (b1888 in Woollahra, New South Wales) and Harriet (Rose) Butler (b1891 in Glenelg, South Australia. In 1907 George was Reported as Missing from home, and he and Rose married in 1914 in Glenelg, South Australia where they settled and raised their family - six of their seven children served in WWII. George worked as a Labourer, Distiller and Tomato Grower.

Mercia worked as a Waitress in Glenelg, and was a Defence Worker (Richards Industries Ltd) in 1942 when she enlisted in the WAAAF. Following her Discharge in 1946, Mercia married Maurice Edward Wall (b1913 in Swan Reach, South Australia) in 1949 - Maurice served in the RAAF (Corporal; Service No:27862) in WWII. Mercia and Maurice settled in Adelaide, where they raised their daughter and Maurice was a Mechanic and later Gardener. Mercia died in 1970 and Maurice in 1982.

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