BEE, Valerie May Adam
| Service Number: | 103162 |
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| Enlisted: | 28 July 1942 |
| Last Rank: | Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 2 Embarkation Depot |
| Born: | Port Augusta, South Australia, 22 May 1919 |
| Home Town: | Adelaide, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Nurse |
| Died: | Perth Western Australia, 5 December 2017, aged 98 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Bruce Rock Cemetery, Western Australia |
| Memorials: |
World War 2 Service
| 28 Jul 1942: | Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Corporal, 103162 | |
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| 28 Jul 1942: | Enlisted Perth, Western Australia | |
| 28 Jul 1942: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Corporal, 103162 | |
| 16 May 1944: | Discharged Royal Australian Air Force, Corporal, 103162, 2 Embarkation Depot |
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My mother Val enlisted in the WAAAF in July 1942 at No. 4 Recruiting Centre, Perth WA, and served at Pearce and Geraldton.
She intended becoming a Sick Quarters Attendant (SQA) to pursue her nursing career, but a position was not available.
However, she was proficient in Gregg shorthand writing, which was not as common as Pittman and was better for security reasons. So she was utilized in this area at Pearce.
Val married RAAF Leading Aircraftsman Charles Walcott Bee 3 February 1944. Soon afterwards she became pregnant, and was discharged 2 May 1944.
I was born 20 November 1944, and my father Charlie was discharged 6 February 1945 to return to the family farm at Babakin in the WA wheatbelt.
They operated the property with me, until moving to Perth in 1995. Charlie passed away in July 1997.
As of 4 August 2015 Val is fit for her age of 96, and is in low care.
Roger Bee (author of "Salmon Gums to Cereals- Lockwood, Babakin").
Submitted 4 August 2015 by Roger Bee
Biography
Originally enlisted in 1942 under her maiden name Valerie May WALTER - Valerie married LAC Charles Walcott Bee on 03 Feb 1944.
Biography contributed by Roger Bee
Joined the Womens Auxiliary Air Force in July, served at Pearce and Geraldton.
Intended to become a Sick Quarters Attendant but no position available. However she was proficient in Gregg Shorthand, which was not as common as Pitman and was better for security and sensitive material, so was utilized in this area.
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