Dorothy May WARD

WARD, Dorothy May

    Service Number: 94232
    Enlisted: 10 February 1942
    Last Rank: Aircraftwoman
    Last Unit: No. 3 Initial Training School Sandgate
    Born: Rockhampton, Queensland, 26 August 1915
    Home Town: North Ipswich, Ipswich, Queensland
    Schooling: State School
    Occupation: Waitress - Emerald Hospital
    Died: Accidental (Ground Accident) Compound Fracture of the Skull and Right Femur, Kingaroy, Qld., 21 February 1943, aged 27 years
    Cemetery: Taabinga Lawn Cemetery, Kingaroy, Qld
    Plot A Row A Grave 1
    Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour
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    World War 2 Service

    10 Feb 1942: Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, 94232
    10 Feb 1942: Enlisted Aircraftwoman, 94232, No. 3 Initial Training School Sandgate
    10 Feb 1942: Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Aircraftwoman, 94232

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    Biography contributed by David Barlow

    An Australian Army Jeep was involved in an accident on Cumbia road about nine miles from Kingaroy.  Three personnel were killed - the driver, Sergeant Leslie Thomas Stout NX36129 Aircraftwoman Dorothy May Ward 94232 WAAAF and Aircraftman James Hope Paynter 425961 RAAF (admitted to Kingaroy hospital but died from his injuries the same day)

    Biography contributed by Faithe Jones

    Daughter of Samuel George Ernest and Mary Jane WARD, 'Strathview' Smith Street, North Ipswich, Qld.

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