MOXHAM (CHILDS), Thelma Minnie
| Service Number: | 501071 |
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| Enlisted: | 10 March 1941 |
| Last Rank: | Flight Lieutenant |
| Last Unit: | RAAF Bradfield Park |
| Born: | Singleton, New South Wales, Australia, 12 July 1914 |
| Home Town: | Dubbo, Dubbo Municipality, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Dubbo High School, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital (Nursing) |
| Occupation: | Nurse |
| Died: | Natural Causes, 13 March 2003, aged 88 years, place of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Northern Suburbs Memorial Gardens and Crematorium, NSW East Terrace 1, Wall. 5 |
| Memorials: | Dubbo High School Honour Roll |
World War 2 Service
| 10 Mar 1941: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Lieutenant, 501071 | |
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| 20 Jul 1943: | Involvement Senior Sister, 501071, 2nd Australian Casualty Clearing Station, Air War SW Pacific 1941-45 | |
| 2 Nov 1945: | Discharged Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Lieutenant, 501071, RAAF Bradfield Park |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carrie Henderson
Thelma Minnie Moxham was born in Singleton on 12th July 1914, the fifth of six children to Henry and Minnie Moxham. Following her father’s death in the influenza epidemic of 1919, the family moved to Dubbo in 1922. Thelma graduated as a nurse at Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Sydney in 1937 and was invited on staff at the Hospital. She enlisted in the newly formed RAAF Nursing Service in late 1940, was promoted to Senior Sister in 1942, sent on special medical escort duty to the United States, England and Canada between January and June 1943 and served in New Guinea in charge of No2 Medical Clearing Station, Madang, between July 1943 and December 1944. In early 1945 Senior Sister Thelma Childs returned to Australia and served Acting Matron at ‘Rona’, No3 RAAF Hospital, Bradfield Park. Her appointment in the RAAF Nursing Service was terminated due to her marriage. In 1946 she was awarded the Royal Red Cross Medal (First Class).
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