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IRVING, Sybil Howy
Personal Details
Service Number: | V143893 |
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Enlisted: | 6 October 1941, Melbourne, VIC, Australia |
Last Rank: | Colonel |
Last Unit: | Australian Women's Army Service (AWAS) - Unallotted |
Born: | Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 25 February 1897 |
Home Town: | South Yarra, Melbourne, Victoria |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | (1940-41) Assistant Secretary-Victoria Red Cross Society. (1941-46) Colonel-Sybil Howy Irving-established the (A.W.A.S) Australian Womens' Army Service. |
Died: | South Yarra, Melbourne, Victoria, 28 March 1973, aged 76 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
Cemetery: |
Fawkner Memorial Park Cemetery, Victoria Interment Record of Sybil Harvy IRVING - Burial: 30/03/1973; Grave Reference: FMP-COEC-0905, Fawkner Memorial Park / Section -Church of England / Grave 905. |
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Service History
Non Warlike Service
2 Jan 1939: | Honoured British Empire Medal, Honours & Awards: 02/01/1939, (BEM) Member of the Order of the British Empire; social welfare services in Victoria. |
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World War 2 Service
6 Oct 1941: | Involvement Australian Army (Post WW2), Colonel, V143893, Australian Women's Army Service (AWAS) - Unallotted | |
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6 Oct 1941: | Enlisted Australian Army (Post WW2), Colonel, V143893, Australian Women's Army Service (AWAS) - Unallotted, Melbourne, VIC, Australia | |
6 Oct 1941: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Colonel, V143893 | |
8 Jan 1947: | Discharged Australian Army (Post WW2), Colonel, V143893, Australian Women's Army Service (AWAS) - Unallotted | |
8 Jan 1947: | Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Colonel, V143893 |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Daniel Bishop
Daughter of Honorary Brigadier-General Godfrey George Howy IRVING [ADB-Australian Dictionary of Biography (adb.anu.edu.au)], & Ada Minnie Margueritta (nee Derham) Irving, of Kew, Melbourne City, Victoria.