LEWIS, Gwendoline May
| Service Number: | VF509581 |
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| Enlisted: | 15 June 1943 |
| Last Rank: | Corporal |
| Last Unit: | Australian Women's Army Service (AWAS) - Unallotted |
| Born: | Hamilton, Victoria, Australia , 4 September 1924 |
| Home Town: | Mackay, Mackay, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Died: | Natural causes , Mackay, Queensland, Australia , 3 September 2019, aged 94 years |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
| Memorials: |
World War 2 Service
| 15 Jun 1943: | Enlisted Private, VF509581, Australian Women's Army Service Reception Depot | |
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| 15 Jun 1943: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Corporal, VF509581 | |
| 16 Jun 1943: | Involvement Private, VF509581, 4th Australian Women's Army Service Training Battalion | |
| 12 Jul 1943: | Involvement Private, VF509581, 1st Australian Base Ordnance Depot | |
| 2 Nov 1943: | Involvement Private, VF509581, 4th Australian Base Ordnance Depot | |
| 9 Nov 1943: | Involvement Private, VF509581, Posted to the Anti Gas Stores Gas Mask and Capes Non Commissioned Officer School | |
| 12 Aug 1944: | Involvement VF509581, Unit: Physical and Recreational Training School | |
| 11 Feb 1945: | Involvement Private, VF509581, Australian Army Ordnance Corps School Stores Course | |
| 1 May 1946: | Involvement Private, VF509581, Master General of Ordnance Branch, Army Headquarters | |
| 1 May 1946: | Involvement VF509581, Master General of Ordnance Branch, Army Headquarters | |
| 1 May 1946: | Involvement VF509581, Master General of Ordnance Branch, Army Headquarters | |
| 3 Jul 1946: | Discharged Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Corporal, VF509581 | |
| 3 Jul 1946: | Promoted Corporal, Australian Women's Army Service (AWAS) - Unallotted | |
| 3 Jul 1946: | Discharged Corporal, VF509581, Australian Women's Army Service | |
| 3 Jul 1946: | Discharged Corporal, VF509581, Australian Women's Army Service | |
| Date unknown: | Involvement Corporal, VF509581 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Graham Kevin Jackson
Gwendoline May BARKER (née LEWIS) was born on the 4th September 1924 at Hamilton, Victoria, Australia and enlisted on the 29th April 1943 into the A.W.A.S. With the service number VF509581.
Miss LEWIS started her rookie training on the 15th June 1943 at Darby, Bacchus Marsh.
Pte. LEWIS was then posted to the 4th D.O.B. Ordnance Melbourne, Victoria on the 12th July 1943.
Pte. LEWIS was then posting to the Anti Gas Stores Gas Mask and Capes N.C.O. school on the 9th November 1943.
Pte. LEWIS was promoted to LCpl. on the 1st March 1944 and was lasted confirmed on the 1st August 1944.
LCpl. LEWIS was then transferred and attended to the Ordnance School on the 11th February 1945.
LCpl. LEWIS was then promoted to Cpl. and discharged from the Australian Women’s Army Service on the 3rd July 1946 after 1115 days of service.
Miss LEWIS then married Keith BARKER at Hamilton, Victoria, Australia in 1951, they have two Daughters and four grandchildren.
Gwindoline and her husband Keith moved to Mackay be near their daughter Roslyn and her Husband Daryl COATE.
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