Marie Marguerite Gwynne

Marie Marguerite Gwynne

Personal Information
Date of Birth	25 May 1923
Place of Birth	Woodanilling, Western Australia
Age at Enlistment	19 years, 3 months
Description	5'7" (1.70m) tall ; ; fair complexion ; green eyes ; fair hair
Occupation	clerk
Religion	Church of England
Address	Bunbury road, Armadale, Western Australia
Next of Kin	Father , Mr Spencer Gwynne
Military Information
Reg Number	WF96342
Date of Enlistment	6 Sep 1942
Rank	Private
Unit/Formation	29th Aust Heavy Ant-Aircraft Battery
Post War Details
Fate	Remained in Australia Medical discharge (pregnancy)
Medals	War Medal 1939-45 Australian Service Medal 1939-45

War Service

Enlisted in Claremont on 6 Sep 1942, and on 28 Sep 1942 she was transferred to No 419 Gun Station. On 2 Nov 1942 she had qualified as an Instrument Operator TG2. On 27 Jan 1943 she was transferred to the nearby Gun Station 418. From 8 - 23 May 1943 Marie was admitted to the Lucknow No 1 Hospital (a private hospital on Stirling Highway that later became 110th Australian base Hospital)) before returning to her unit, the 29th Aust Heavy Anti Aircraft Battery.

On 15 Aug 1943 Marie was sent to an AWAS NCO Course at Claremont. Needing medical attention, on 28 Aug 1943 Marie was admitted to the 1st Women's AGH (possibly 'Knutsford' in Queenslea drive, Claremont) before returning to duty on 8 Sep 1943. On 20 May 1944 Marie's classification as Instrument operator TG2 ceased, without any reason recorded. On 2 Sep 1944 Marie was transferred to the 803rd Australian Anti-Aircraft & Coastal Artillery unit.

Marie was transferred again, this time to the 31st AWAS Barracks on 18 Oct 1944 to prepare for discharge which occurred on 24 Oct 1944 at Claremont.

Post War

During 1944 Marie married Mervyn R. Drummond in Mt Hawthorn.

Notes

The first military hospitals in Perth were ‘Lucknow’, a private hospital on Stirling Highway, Claremont, which became the 10 Australian General Hospital (AGH), and another in Queenslea Drive, Claremont, known as ‘Knutsford’, which was converted to a hospital for the women’s services. Both were staffed by members of the Australian Army Nursing Service (AANS). Other military hospitals in Western Australia were the 110 AGH Hollywood, 118 AGH and 38 Australian Camp Hospital (ACH) at Northam, the 39 ACH at Rottnest and the 125 AGH Guildford.

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