BROAD, Eva May
Service Number: | 99920 |
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Enlisted: | 22 June 1942 |
Last Rank: | Aircraftwoman |
Last Unit: | Aircraft / Repair / Salvage Depots |
Born: | Geraldton, Western Australia, 25 March 1919 |
Home Town: | Perth, Western Australia |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
Died: | Bunbury, Western Australia, 1 March 1992, aged 72 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
Cemetery: |
Bunbury General Cemetery, Bunbury, Western Australia PLOT Crematorium Julie Bed |
Memorials: |
World War 2 Service
22 Jun 1942: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Aircraftwoman, 99920, 4 Aircraft Depot | |
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22 Jun 1942: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Aircraftwoman, 99920, Aircraft / Repair / Salvage Depots | |
4 Mar 1946: | Discharged Royal Australian Air Force, Aircraftwoman, 99920, 4 Aircraft Depot | |
4 Mar 1946: | Discharged Royal Australian Air Force, Aircraftwoman, 99920, Aircraft / Repair / Salvage Depots | |
Date unknown: | Involvement Aircraftwoman, 99920, Royal Australian Air Force |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Chris Buckley
Eva was the third of seven children of Edward Lockier Broad (born 1888 in Irwin, WA) and Rebecca May McGilvray (born 1891 in Geraldton, WA). Edward - a Farmer at Mingenew - married Rebecca at Geraldton in 1912. Edward and Rebecca raised their family at Manarra Farm in Mingenew, WA.
Eva enlisted in the RAAF in 1942 and was an Aircraftwoman (Service No:99920) attached to 4 Aircraft Depot when she was Discharged in March 1946. In 1947 Eva married Peter George Reginald Brennan (born 1919 in Busselton, WA) - Peter had also served in the RAAF (Aircraftman; Service No:210056).
Eva and Paul lived in Mt Barker and Goomalling before seetling in Bunbury in the early 1960s. Eva died in 1992 and Peter in 2007.