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JAMES (NOY), Nesta Gwyneth

Service Number:	VX39347, VFX39347
Enlisted:	7 January 1941, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
Last Rank:	Captain
Last Unit:	2nd/10th Australian General Hospital
Born:	Carmarthenshire, Wales, 5 December 1904
Home Town:	Shepparton, Greater Shepparton, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Not yet discovered
Died:	Kew, Victoria, Australia, 12 February 1984, aged 79 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Springvale Botanical Cemetery, Melbourne Cremated: 15/02/1984, (Springvale Crematorium). (DVA) Official Commemoration of Captain: [N. G. L. NOY] Nesta Gwyneth Lewis NOY, SN-VFX39347; Memorial Location: Wall 159/Row H; AT the Victorian Garden of Remembrance (within Springvale Botanical Necropolis).
Memorials:	Bicton Vyner Brooke Tragedy Memorial, W.A.

World War 2 Service

7 Jan 1941:	Involvement Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), Captain, VX39347, VFX39347, 2nd/10th Australian General Hospital, Malaya/Singapore
7 Jan 1941:	Enlisted Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), Sister, VX39347, VFX39347, 2nd/10th Australian General Hospital, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
12 Feb 1942:	Embarked Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), Captain, VX39347, VFX39347, 2nd/10th Australian General Hospital, Embarked Ship - Date and Place of Departure: SS Vyner Brooke, 12/02/1942, Singapore, (with 65 other nurses, and civilians); to Japanese Aircraft Attack - sinking disaster - SS Vyner Brooke - Date and Place: 14/02/1942, Bangka Strait (by Bangka Island); (AWM) The Sinking of the SS Vyner Brooke.
15 Feb 1942:	Imprisoned Malaya/Singapore
15 Aug 1945:	Involvement Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), Captain, VX39347, VFX39347, 2nd/10th Australian General Hospital, Malaya/Singapore
12 Sep 1946:	Honoured Royal Red Cross (2nd Class), Malaya/Singapore
17 Oct 1946:	Discharged Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), Captain, VX39347, VFX39347, 2nd/10th Australian General Hospital
6 Mar 1947:	Honoured Mention in Dispatches, Malaya/Singapore

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