Marjorie GAVEGAN

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GAVEGAN, Marjorie

Service Numbers:	W35043, W35043/98980
Enlisted:	6 April 1942
Last Rank:	Corporal
Last Unit:	3 Personnel Depot
Born:	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 22 December 1919
Home Town:	Brisbane, Brisbane, Queensland
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Stenographer
Died:	Wentworth Falls, New South Wales, Australia, 17 December 2005, aged 85 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Leura Memorial Gardens, New South Wales, Australia
Memorials:

World War 2 Service

6 Apr 1942:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Aircraftwoman, W35043/98980, No 2 AP Bankstown
6 Apr 1942:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Corporal, W35043
28 Feb 1946:	Discharged Royal Australian Air Force, Corporal, W35043/98980, 3 Personnel Depot
28 Feb 1946:	Discharged Royal Australian Air Force, Corporal, W35043
Date unknown:	Involvement Corporal, W35043/98980, HQ Eastern Command

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Biography contributed by Chris Buckley

Marjorie was the only child of Percival (Percy) Carlyle Gavegan (born 1894 at Port Douglas in QLD) and Millicent Alice Sherwood (born 1891 in Yorkshire, England). Percy, a Grocer's Assistant, and Millicent married in Brisbane, QLD in 1919. Percy had served in WWI as a Lance Corporal (Service No:2361), and was WIA in 1916 and 1917.

Marjorie, a Stenographer in Brisbane, QLD, enlisted in the WRAAF in April 1942 (Service Nos:W35043/98980) and was Discharged in February 1946. Marjorie then re-enlisted in January 1951, serving at Laverton and Point Cook until March 1952. In the break between enlistments, Marjorie worked at Lae in New Guinea as a Legal Secretary.

Marjorie's Uncles Val Gavegan (Service No: 380) and Albert Gordon Vaughan (Service No:6879) served in WWI, as did her father Percy. Uncle Arthur Milton Gavegan (Service No:QX9261) served in WWII.

Following her Discharge from the WRAAF in 1952, Marjorie travelled to London where she worked as a Private Secretary until 1960. In 1961 Marjorie married Frantisek (Frank) Antonin Sebesta in Sydney, NSW. Frank, born in Czechoslavakia in 1923, immigrated as a Displaced Person in 1950. Marjorie and Frank settled in Canberra, where Frank worked as a Clerk. Marjorie died in 2005 and Frank in 2011 at Wentworth Falls, NSW.

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