Ilma Joyce BEALE

BEALE, Ilma Joyce

Service Number: 90663
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
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World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939: Involvement Sergeant, 90663

World War 1 Service

14 Jan 1942: Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, 90663, Womens Auxilary Australian Air Force Enlisted at Melbourne

World War 2 Service

14 Jan 1942: Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Sergeant, 90663
15 Sep 1945: Involvement Sergeant, 90663, RAAF East Sale

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Biography 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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