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ATKINSON, Valda May
Personal Details
Service Number: | SF84383 |
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Enlisted: | 12 January 1943, Wayville, SA |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | Australian Women's Army Service (AWAS) - Unallotted |
Born: | Cowell, South Australia, 27 March 1923 |
Home Town: | Cowell, Franklin Harbour, South Australia |
Schooling: | Cowell, South Australia |
Occupation: | Telegraphist |
Died: | Whyalla, South Australia , 23 October 1986, aged 63 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
Cemetery: |
Whyalla Cemetery, S.A. |
Memorials: |
Service History
World War 2 Service
12 Jan 1943: | Involvement Private, SF84383 | |
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12 Jan 1943: | Enlisted Wayville, SA | |
12 Jan 1943: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, SF84383 | |
13 Sep 1945: | Discharged Private, Australian Women's Army Service (AWAS) - Unallotted |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Beverley Stocker
Valda's Army personnel file states she was "highly regarded" and was in the LHQ School of Infantry. She was daughter of Robert D Atkinson (WW1) and Violetina. She was wife of Ronald Ivan Tonkin (WW2)