SPOTSWOOD, Elizabeth Clare
| Service Number: | VFX66429 |
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| Enlisted: | 24 November 1941 |
| Last Rank: | Corporal |
| Last Unit: | Australian Army Medical Women's Service |
| Born: | Port Lincoln, Souith Australia, 5 September 1913 |
| Home Town: | Port Lincoln, Port Lincoln, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Wilderness School, Medindie, Souith Australia |
| Occupation: | Office Work |
| Died: | Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 5 November 2005, aged 92 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Diamond Creek Cemetery, Victoria |
| Memorials: | Port Lincoln Women of the Eyre Peninsula Who Answered the Call Honour Roll WW2 |
World War 2 Service
| 24 Nov 1941: | Involvement Corporal, VFX66429 | |
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| 24 Nov 1941: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Corporal, VFX66429, Australian Army Medical Women's Service , Melbourne, VIC | |
| 24 Nov 1941: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Corporal, VFX66429 | |
| 2 Apr 1947: | Discharged | |
| 2 Apr 1947: | Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Corporal, VFX66429 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Daryl Jones
Daughter of F C SPOTSWOOD, Bank of Australasia, Wagga Wagga, NSW
Biography contributed by Sandra Barry
In 1955 Elizabeth married Victor Nelson Maloney.
Biography contributed by Burra Community School
Elizabeth was born in Port Lincoln South Australia on the 5.09.1913, she had 5 other siblings. Elizabeth was the daughter of Frank Clifton Spotswood. She attended school at Wilderness school, Medindie South Australia, and graduated to work in an office. Once she had worked in the office for a significant amount of time, she enlisted at the age of 32.
Elizabeth enlisted on the 24.11.1941 joining the Australian Army Medical Women's Service as a nurses aid. She served in Adelaide River at the 107 Australian General Hospital and various other locations across the country and was deployed to New Guinea from 18.5.1945 to 3.2.1946. She was discharged 7.4.1947.
After the war she married to Nelson Maloney.
Elizabeth died in Melbourne, 5 November 2005, aged 92 years. She is buried at a cemetery located at Diamond creek, Victoria.
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