Mabel Eileen SHANNON

SHANNON, Mabel Eileen

Service Number: 95487
Enlisted: 1 May 1942
Last Rank: Sergeant
Last Unit: Care and Maintenance Units
Born: Wangaratta, Victoria , Australia, 22 September 1907
Home Town: Wangaratta, Wangaratta, Victoria
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: School teacher
Died: Illness, Benalla, Victoria, Australia, 31 July 1943, aged 35 years
Cemetery: Benalla War Cemetery
C A 9, Benalla War Cemetery, Benalla, Victoria, Australia
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Eldorado Byawatha Honour Roll, Eldorado War Memorial
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World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939: Involvement Sergeant, 95487
1 May 1942: Enlisted Sergeant, 95487, Care and Maintenance Units
1 May 1942: Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Sergeant, 95487

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Biography contributed by David Barlow

Daughter of Colonel Herbert James Shannon DSO VD and Mabel Estella Shannon of Wangaratta, Victoria

Sergeant Mabel Eileen Shannon 95487 of the Women's Auxiliary Australian Air Force died of illness at Station Sick Quarters at RAAF Benalla, Victoria while posted to Number 1 Wireless and Gunnery School Ballarat as a Drill Instructor (WAAAF)