Elizabeth Isobel Armour MACKIE

MACKIE, Elizabeth Isobel Armour

Service Number: VF510197
Enlisted: 17 May 1943
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: Australian Women's Army Service (AWAS) - Unallotted
Born: East Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 19 April 1925
Home Town: Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Not yet discovered
Died: North Adelaide, South Australia, 19 March 1983, aged 57 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery: Not yet discovered
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World War 2 Service

17 May 1943: Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, VF510197
13 Feb 1946: Discharged Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, VF510197
Date unknown: Involvement Private, VF510197, Australian Women's Army Service (AWAS) - Unallotted

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Biography contributed by Robert Webster

The only daughter of Bernice Isobel Mackie (nee Thomas) and Robert Shanks Mackie.   She married Stanley Charles Webster (PM4627) on 3 January 1946.

During her service she spent over two and half years in the AWAS and was posted to Darley (training) and then to various units in Queensland.

Her children were born in Melbourne and the family moved to Adelaide in 1967.

Her two eldest sons both served in Vietnam; Robert (4720878) and Ian (45323).

From her obituary in the local paper - she was involved in both the scouts and guides, the local netball club and other community groups.

 

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