Sybil Howy IRVING BEM

IRVING, Sybil Howy

Service Number: V143893
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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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.

World War 2 Service

6 Oct 1941: Involvement Australian Army (Post WW2), Colonel, V143893, Australian Women's Army Service (AWAS) - Unallotted
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

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Biography 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.