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: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Not yet discovered
Died: Accidental (Ground Accident), Kingaroy, Queensland, Kingaroy, Queensland, Australia, 21 February 1943, aged 27 years
Cemetery: Taabinga Lawn Cemetery, Kingaroy, Qld
Plot A Row A Grave 1, Taabinga Cemetery, Kingaroy, Queensland, Australia
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)