Sybil Howy IRVING BEM

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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.
Memorials:

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.

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 (Army 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 (Army WW2), Colonel, V143893

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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.