Dorothea Nesta HERRING

HERRING, Dorothea Nesta

Service Number: VF346870
Enlisted: 1 May 1942
Last Rank: Signaller
Last Unit: Australian Women's Army Service (AWAS) - Unallotted
Born: Moonee Ponds, Victoria, Australia, 24 August 1920
Home Town: Brunswick, Moreland, Victoria
Schooling: Unknown
Occupation: Textile Worker & Silk Winder
Died: Illness, Alfred Hospital, Victoria, Australia, 13 July 1944, aged 23 years
Cemetery: Springvale War Cemetery, Melbourne, Victoria
Section 2U, Row D, Grave 16
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour
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World War 2 Service

1 May 1942: Enlisted Signaller, VF346870, HQ Special Wireless Group
13 Jul 1944: Involvement Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Signaller, VF346870, Australian Women's Army Service (AWAS) - Unallotted, Signalwoman, 20 Heavy Wireless Section

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Biography contributed

Dorothea Nesta HERRING was born in Moonee Ponds in Victoria on 24th August, 1920

Her parents were George Selby HERRING & Dorothea Hannah DAVENPORT who married in Victoria in 1919

Dorothea died of Illness in the Alfred Hospital in Victoria on 13th July, 1944