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DAVIS, Winnie May
Personal Details
| Service Numbers: | NX70498, NFX70498 |
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| Enlisted: | 10 December 1940, Victoria Barracks - Sydney, NSW, Australia |
| Last Rank: | Captain |
| Last Unit: | Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1) |
| Born: | Cowper, NSW, Australia, 7 July 1915 |
| Home Town: | Ulmarra, Clarence Valley, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Nurse |
| Died: | Illness (Pow of Japan), Sumatra - Netherlands, East Indies., Sumatra, Netherlands East Indies, 19 July 1945, aged 30 years |
| Cemetery: |
Jakarta War Cemetery, Indonesia (CWGC) Official Commemoration - Grave Location: 3. D. 5., Jakarta War Cemetery, Jakarta, Indonesia |
| Memorials: | Augusta Australian Army Nursing Sisters Monument, Australian Military Nurses Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, Bicton Vyner Brooke Tragedy Memorial, W.A., Kapunda Dutton Park Memorial Gardens Nurses Plaques |
Service History
World War 2 Service
| 3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), Staff Nurse, NX70498, Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1) | |
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| 10 Dec 1940: | Enlisted Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), Staff Nurse, NX70498, Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), Victoria Barracks - Sydney, NSW, Australia | |
| 10 Dec 1940: | Enlisted NX70498, General Hospitals - WW2 | |
| 8 Jan 1941: | Promoted Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), Sister, Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), (NAA, Pg-10) | |
| 2 Feb 1941: | Embarked Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), Staff Nurse, NX70498, 10th Australian General Hospital , Embarked Ship: 02/02/1941, "Queen Mary" (NAA, Pg-11). | |
| 8 Mar 1941: | Involvement Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), Sister, NFX70498, 10th Australian General Hospital , Malaya/Singapore, (NAA, Pg-9, 10) | |
| 12 Feb 1942: | Imprisoned Malaya/Singapore | |
| 12 Feb 1942: | Embarked Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), Sister, NFX70498, 10th Australian General Hospital , SS Vyner Brooke, 12/02/1942, Singapore, (with 65 other nurses, and civilians); to Japanese Aircraft Attack - sinking disaster on 14/02/1942, Banka Strait. | |
| 23 Mar 1943: | Promoted Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), Lieutenant, 10th Australian General Hospital , (NAA, Pg-10) | |
| 24 Mar 1943: | Involvement Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), Captain, NFX70498, Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), Malaya/Singapore, (NAA, Pg-12) | |
| 24 Mar 1943: | Promoted Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), Captain, 10th Australian General Hospital , (NAA, Pg-12) |
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