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Syer, Ada Corbitt (Mickey) (1910 - 1991) |
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| Born: 15 November 1910 Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Died: 1991. | ||||
Mickey Syer enlisted at Claremont, Western Australia, in the Australian Army on 6 February 1941. A member of the Australian Army Nursing Service, she was stationed with the 2/10th Australian General Hospital when captured by the Japanese during the fall of Singapore. Mickey spent three and a half years in Japanese prisoner of war camps in Sumatra. During October 1945, she returned to Australia and was discharged from the Army on 10 August 1948. |
| Sources used to compile this entry: http://www.angellpro.com.au/women.htm accessed 2003-03-26. | |
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Published by National Foundation for Australian Women on Australian Women's Archives Project Web Site Comments, questions, corrections and additions: awap@womenaustralia.info Prepared by: Acknowledgements Updated: 4 September 2008 http://womenaustralia.info/biogs/AWE0460b.htm |
