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GILLING, Cathrine Lillian
Personal Details
Service Number: | SF84217 |
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Enlisted: | 28 October 1942, Wayville, South Australia |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | Not yet discovered |
Born: | Broken Hill, New South Wales, 29 March 1921 |
Home Town: | West Croydon, Charles Sturt, South Australia |
Schooling: | Adelaide Teachers College |
Occupation: | Teacher |
Died: | Natural Causes, Victor Harbor, South Australia, 7 October 2008, aged 87 years |
Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
Memorials: | Hindmarsh Croydon WW2 Roll of Honour |
Service History
World War 2 Service
28 Oct 1942: | Enlisted Wayville, South Australia | |
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16 Nov 1942: | Involvement Private, SF84217 | |
16 Nov 1942: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, SF84217 | |
5 Jan 1944: | Discharged |
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Cathrine Gilling signed up in November 1942 at Wayville.
She was a single 21 year old and was taken on strength to the 58th Anti-Aircraft Searchlight Company stationed at West Beach.
Cathrine was discharged in January 1944 as her father died and she needed to look after her mother.