MACGINNES, Myrtle May
Service Number: | 96826 |
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Enlisted: | 27 July 1942 |
Last Rank: | Sergeant |
Last Unit: | RAAF Ground Training Schools |
Born: | Dockville, South Australia, 18 September 1920 |
Home Town: | Semaphore, Port Adelaide Enfield, South Australia |
Schooling: | Ethelton Primary School, South Australia |
Occupation: | Hairdresser |
Died: | Southern Grampiens Shire, Western Victoria, Australia, 20 March 1969, aged 48 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
Cemetery: |
Cavendish Cemetery, Southern Grampians Shire, Victoria, Australia |
Memorials: |
World War 2 Service
27 Jul 1942: | Enlisted Aircraftwoman, 96826, RAAF Ground Training Schools, Adelaide | |
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27 Jul 1942: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Sergeant, 96826 | |
28 Jul 1942: | Involvement Flight Sergeant, 96826, RAAF Ground Training Schools, Homeland Defence - Militia and non deployed forces, Actual commencement date in rank to be confirmed from Service record | |
28 Jul 1942: | Involvement Aircraftwoman, 96826, RAAF Ground Training Schools, Homeland Defence - Militia and non deployed forces, Initial Training at Mount Breckon, Victor Harbour. Later posted to | |
29 Jun 1944: | Discharged Royal Australian Air Force, Sergeant, 96826, RAAF Ground Training Schools, Engineering School ASCOT VALE VIC |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Robert Kearney
Myrtle May MacGinnes, born in Semaphore Park, South Australia, later married Victor Borowicki, born in Ballarat. Myrtle served in RAAF Communications during the war as as a Flt Sgt and after the war had a short stint at sea before becomming ill and returning to he profession of hairdressing. Sadly she passed away at an early age leaving behind a husband and two children. - Courtesy of Phil Quin