WINSOR, Ian Cyril
| Service Number: | 7222 |
|---|---|
| Enlisted: | 30 January 1940 |
| Last Rank: | Warrant Officer |
| Last Unit: | RAAF Pearce |
| Born: | Ravensthorpe, Western Australia , 23 November 1915 |
| Home Town: | Perth, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Storeman - Motor Spares Specialist |
| Died: | Perth, Western Australia, Australia, 28 March 1997, aged 81 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Karrakatta Cemetery & Crematorium, Western Australia |
| Memorials: |
World War 2 Service
| 30 Jan 1940: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Warrant Officer, 7222 | |
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| 30 Jan 1940: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Aircraftman, 7222, RAAF Pearce | |
| 29 Aug 1940: | Promoted Royal Australian Air Force, Leading Aircraftman | |
| 1 Oct 1940: | Promoted Royal Australian Air Force, Corporal | |
| 1 Apr 1941: | Promoted Royal Australian Air Force, Sergeant | |
| 22 Jan 1942: | Promoted Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Sergeant | |
| 1 May 1943: | Promoted Royal Australian Air Force, Warrant Officer | |
| 8 Nov 1945: | Discharged Royal Australian Air Force, Warrant Officer, 7222 | |
| Date unknown: | Involvement Leading Aircraftman, 7222, RAAF Pearce |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Chris Buckley
Ian was born at Kundip near Ravensthorpe in WA in 1915. He was the fourth of six children of George Winsor (born 1877 in Newcastle, NSW) and Maud Isabella Dawes (born in 1899 in Sydney, NSW). George was a Miner in Kalgoorlie/Boulder, WA and died in 1919 when Ian was four years of age. Mother Maud remarried in 1922 and had another two children.
Ian had been living in Perth, WA and working as a Storeman - Motor Parts Specialist for ten years when he enlisted at Pearce, WA in the RAAF in January 1940. At Discharge in 1945, Ian was a Warrant Officer.
Ian married Hazel Maureen Gibbs (b1920) in 1941 in Perth, WA, and they lived in Perth where Ian returned to working as a Storeman - Motor Spare Parts Specialist. He enlisted in the Aisr Force Reserve in 1948, and in 1949 was working as a Salesman. Ian and Hazel continued living in Perth, WA where Ian worked as a Salesman until his retirement. He died in 1997
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