BEALE, Ilma Joyce
| Service Number: | 90663 |
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| Enlisted: | 14 January 1942 |
| Last Rank: | Sergeant |
| Last Unit: | RAAF East Sale |
| Born: | Moonee Ponds, Victoria, Australia, 21 March 1920 |
| Home Town: | Finley, Berrigan, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Private Tuition |
| Occupation: | Clerk |
| Died: | Head injuries from fall from horse, Sale, Victoria, Australia, 15 September 1945, aged 25 years |
| Cemetery: |
Sale War Cemetery, Victoria Plot B, Row D, Grave 10 |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Bairnsdale Royal Australian Air Force Memorial, Wanganella & District War Memorial |
World War 2 Service
| 3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Sergeant, 90663 |
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World War 1 Service
| 14 Jan 1942: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, 90663, Womens Auxilary Australian Air Force Enlisted at Melbourne |
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World War 2 Service
| 14 Jan 1942: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Sergeant, 90663 | |
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| 15 Sep 1945: | Involvement Sergeant, 90663, RAAF East Sale |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Daughter of Arthur and Isabel Anne Beale of Finley, NSW
Medals: 1939-45 Star, Australian Service Medal 1939-45, General Service Badge
Prior to enlisted Ilma was employed by Howard Doyle & Co as a bookerkeeper and typist
W.A.A.A.F. KILLED
TRAGEDY ON ‘THE HEART’
ROAD.
Admitted to No. 4 R.A.A.F. Hospital between 4.30 and 5 p.m., on Saturday, Ilma Joyce Beale, aged about 23, sergeant W.A.A.A.F., of East Sale, passed away at about 8.30 p.m., from head injuries received In a fall from a horse on The Heart Road. The accident was not seen by anyone, and the guards, investigating the appearance a riderless horse, found Sgt. Beale on the road.
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