WYNACK, Mary Catherine
| Service Number: | 90550 |
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| Enlisted: | 5 January 1942 |
| Last Rank: | Sergeant |
| Last Unit: | RAAF Stores Depots |
| Born: | Albury, New South Wales, Australia, 6 June 1917 |
| Home Town: | Albury, Albury Municipality, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Sales |
| Died: | Accidental (Motor Vehicle), Charters Towers, Queensland, Australia, 28 June 1944, aged 27 years |
| Cemetery: |
Charters Towers Cemetery, Qld Plot A. Row B. Grave 11, Charters Towers War Cemetery, Charters Towers, Queensland, Australia |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 2 Service
| 3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Sergeant, 90550 | |
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| 5 Jan 1942: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Sergeant, 90550 | |
| 5 Jun 1942: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Aircraftwoman, 90550, Air and Ground Radio School | |
| 28 Jun 1944: | Involvement Sergeant, RAAF Stores Depots | |
| 28 Jun 1944: | Involvement |
Parents;
Daughter of Raymond Clarence Wynack & Ruby Frances Sarah Blewitt
Submitted 4 April 2016 by Brian Ford
Biography contributed by David Barlow
Daughter of Raymond Clarence and Ruby Frances Wynack of Albury, NSW
RAAF Vehicle 202023 (Chevrolet 1541) was involved in an accident with Army Vehicle C17069 on the evening of 28 June 1944 on the Burdekin Highway, approximately 6 miles east of Charters Towers. The vehicle was returning from a dance that had been held that evening at RAAF Breddan. Sixteen servicemen and women were severely injured, with three airwomen and a RAAF officer killed:
2380 Flight Lieutenant Bernard Keith Barty of RAAF Headquarters North Eastern Area
91885 Corporal Thelma Edith McConnell of Number 8 Stores Depot (8SD)
99391 ACW Estelle May Scaroni of Number 8 Stores Depot
90550 Sergeant Mary Catherine Wynack of Number 8 Stores Depot (passed away at 5th Australian Camp Hospital, Charters Towers)
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