Evelyn Harris AINSWORTH

AINSWORTH, Evelyn Harris

Service Numbers: SFX11650, SX11650
Enlisted: 15 January 1941, Woodside, SA
Last Rank: Lieutenant
Last Unit: Not yet discovered
Born: Adelaide, SA, 2 September 1914
Home Town: Adelaide, South Australia
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Not yet discovered
Died: 7 June 2002, aged 87 years, cause of death not yet discovered, place of death not yet discovered
Cemetery: Centennial Park Cemetery, South Australia
Derrick Gardens
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World War 2 Service

15 Jan 1941: Involvement Lieutenant, SFX11650
15 Jan 1941: Enlisted Woodside, SA
15 Jan 1941: Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Lieutenant, SX11650
3 Dec 1945: Discharged
3 Dec 1945: Discharged Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Lieutenant, SX11650

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Biography contributed by Kathleen Bambridge

Mrs  TT Ainsworth, SFX11650 Staff Sister, 2/2 General Hospital. Joined the Returned Sister Sub Branch in 1944.  She served on the executive as President 1963-64, Secretary 1955-60, Committee 1961-62, Liaison Officer War Veterans Homes for 2 years.  For the RSL SA she was a member of the Girl in a Million in 1967; ANZAC Rememberance Appeal Organising Committee; War veterans Homes General Committee.  War Veterans Homes Sewing Guild 4 Years;  Service Canteen Trust Fund Regional Welfare Committee 10 years.  She also served on the Women's Memorial Playing Field Trust 1967-68.

Her Community base activities include serving on the Marriage Guidance Council for 5 years,  Mothers and Babies, Colonel Light Gardens Sub Branch 5 years;  Colonel Light Gardens Primary School Committee President 4 years.  She served as a Justice of the Peace from 1962.

She was awarded a Life Membership of the RSL in 1968.

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