HEALY, James Joseph
| Service Number: | 425696 |
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| Enlisted: | 26 April 1942 |
| Last Rank: | Leading Aircraftman |
| Last Unit: | Aircraft / Repair / Salvage Depots |
| Born: | Brisbane, Queensland, 23 December 1917 |
| Home Town: | Brisbane, Brisbane, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Died: | Natural causes, Brisbane, Queensland, 23 May 2001, aged 83 years |
| Cemetery: |
Pinnaroo Lawn Cemetery & Crematorium, Brisbane Cremated - James and his wife Gladys are both memorialised with plaques on a garden edge, in the Memorial Scattered Garden section |
| Memorials: |
World War 2 Service
| 26 Apr 1942: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Aircraftman 2 (WW2), 425696, Brisbane, Queensland | |
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| 26 Apr 1942: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Leading Aircraftman, 425696 | |
| 2 Aug 1945: | Discharged Royal Australian Air Force, Leading Aircraftman, 425696, Aircraft / Repair / Salvage Depots | |
| 2 Aug 1945: | Discharged Royal Australian Air Force, Leading Aircraftman, 425696 |
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James Joseph HEALY
Born: December 23rd, 1917, at Brisbane, Queensland
Father: James Joseph Healy
Mother: Ruby Elizabeth (nee Fuller) Healy
James initially joined the Australian Army in 1939, then later following onto joining the Royal Australian Air Force in 1942 - which will be stated in more detail further on. While he was in the Australian Army or sometime before he joined the Royal Australian Air Force, he married his wife Gladys Evelyn EVANS, younger sister to my Nana, Kathleen May (nee EVANS) BISHOP.
James married Gladys in 1942 (sometime before he joined the Royal Australian Air Force, as his service records then state "Gladys Healy" as his next of kin.
I never had the chance to meet my uncle James Joseph Healy, however I knew his wife Gladys as "Aunty Evelyn" when she would visit my Nana, Kath Bishop. I only remember seeing her a few times when my Nana, Kath, was still alive. She was just as special as my nana & both very dear. She a very good with sewing and made quite a number of baby garments for my mum, which we as babies were dressed in.
My name is Daniel, I am the youngest son of Robert P. Bishop and Kay Williams. My father Robert is the second son of my Nana, Kath Bishop.
Just as Aunty Evelyn was a special and dear lady, I am very sure James Joseph Healy was a fine gentleman too. I only have a few fluttering memories of Aunty Evelyn Gladys Healy, so if anyone who reads this is directly related to James and Gladys, please add more memories - I would be very grateful to hear more of their life together.
Military Details: Australian Army - 1939; Royal Australian Air Force - WWII - At time of discharge, a Leading Aircraftman at the 3rd Aircraft Depot (Amberley): Service No: 425696;
Enlisted: RAAF 26 Apr 1942 at Brisbane. Discharged: 02 Aug 1945.
James Joseph HEALY died on May 23rd, 2001; at Brisbane, Queensland and was cremated at the Pinnaroo Lawn Cemetery & Crematorium, Bridgeman Downs, Queensland
Together with his wife, they are both memorialized with a plaque attached to a border edge of one of the 'Memorial Scattered Gardens'.
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