Gloria Doreen Roma RAGLESS

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RAGLESS, Gloria Doreen Roma

Service Number:	96695
Enlisted:	22 June 1942
Last Rank:	Aircraftwoman
Last Unit:	Not yet discovered
Born:	Glenelg, South Australia, 15 March 1924
Home Town:	Glenelg, Holdfast Bay, South Australia
Schooling:	Glenelg Primary School, South Australia
Occupation:	Clerk
Died:	St Georges, Adelaide, South Australia, 4 July 1975, aged 51 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Centennial Park Cemetery, South Australia https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/152639342/gloria-doreen_roma-ragless
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World War 2 Service

22 Jun 1942:	Involvement 96695
22 Jun 1942:	Enlisted Adelaide
22 Jun 1942:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Aircraftwoman, 96695
28 Sep 1945:	Discharged

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Biography contributed by Chris Buckley

Youngest of six siblings (Adrian, Mercia, Ross, Clive and Joan) who served in WWII, Aircraftwoman Gloria Doreen Roma Ragless (Service No:96695) enlisted in the WAAAF on 22 June 1942 at No 5 Recruitment Centre Adelaide - mustered as Storekeeper, re mustered as Equipment Assistant. Aircraftwoman Ragless was attached to 1 Aircraft Depot Melbourne at Discharge on 28 September 1945.

Gloria was born in Glenelg, South Australia in 1924, youngest 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 Missing from home, and in 1914 he and Rose married in Glenelg, where they settled and raised their family - six of their seven children served in WWII. George worked as a Labourer, Distiller and Tomato Grower.

Gloria was working as a Clerk in 1942 when she enlisted in the WAAAF, and in 1945 in Adelaide married Ross Haldane Ragless (b1920 in Adelaide, South Australia) - Ross was a Gunner (Service No:SX11199) with 13th Field Regiment. Following Discharge, Gloria and Ross settled in Adelaide, where Ross was a Public Servant. Gloria died in 1975, and Ross, who later remarried, died in 2011.

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