Sylvia Margaret BEECH

BEECH, Sylvia Margaret

Other Name: SHRAPNEL, Sylvia Margaret - Married Name
Service Numbers: QF272342, Q272342
Enlisted: 30 September 1943, Brisbane, Queensland
Last Rank: Corporal
Last Unit: Australian Army Medical Women's Service
Born: Nambour, Queensland, Australia, 26 April 1925
Home Town: Caloundra, Sunshine Coast, Queensland
Schooling: Nambour State School, Queensland, Australia
Occupation: Photographic Retoucher
Died: Traffic Accident, Caloundra, Queensland, Australia, 14 October 1976, aged 51 years
Cemetery: Not yet discovered
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World War 2 Service

30 Sep 1943: Enlisted QF272342, Brisbane, Queensland
1 Oct 1943: Involvement Private, Q272342, Australian Army Medical Women's Service , on WW2NR as QF272342
5 Jun 1945: Discharged Corporal, QF272342, Australian Army Medical Women's Service

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Biography contributed by Elizabeth Allen

Sylvia Margaret BEECH was born in Nambour, Queensland on 26th April, 1925

Her parents were Thomas BEECH & Letitia Emma PRITCHARD

She married Geoffrey Scrope SHRAPNEL on 7th August, 1944 in the City Tabernacle in Wickham Terrace, Queensland

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Her husband Geoffrey Scrope SHRAPNEL also served during WW2 (Service No. QX842) - he was a Lieutenant in the 2nd 15th Infantry Battalion