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HERRING, Dorothea Nesta
Personal Details
Service Number: | VF346870 |
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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 |
Service History
World War 2 Service
1 May 1942: | Enlisted Signaller, VF346870, HQ Special Wireless Group | |
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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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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