Swinney, Stella Edith (1911 - )

Stella Swinney completed her Bachelor of Arts at Sydney University and then worked at Farmer & Coy Ltd, Sydney, before joining the Women's Australian National Services and the Australian Women's Army Service. After completing a course at the Officers' Training School she was posted to New South Wales Line of Command Area. Swinney was responsible for training and administration of the Australian Women's Army Service in New South Wales. She took over from Major Eleanor Manning as Assistant Controller of New South Wales in May 1943.

Events

1933 - 1937	Assistant to the Staff Training Officer at Farmer & Coy Ltd, Sydney
1937 - 1941	Staff Training Officer at Farmer & Coy Ltd, Sydney
November 1941 - 12 August 1944	Member of the Australian Women's Army Service
May 1943 - 12 August 1944	Assistant Controller of the Australian Women's Army Service New South Wales Line of Command, she held the rank of Major.

Related Corporate Bodies

• Australian Women's Army Service (AWAS) (1941 - 1947)

  Sevice no: NF278364 Posted to the New South Wales Line of Command Area upon completion of a course at the Officers' Training School. She became Assistant Controller in New South Wales in May 1943

  [1941 - 1944]

Online Resources

• Department of Veterans' Affairs, 'SWINNEY, STELLA EDITH', in World War 2 Nominal Roll, 2002, http://www.ww2roll.gov.au/script/veteran.asp?ServiceID=A&VeteranID=350697. [ Details... ]

See also

• Alexander, Joseph A (ed.), Who's who in Australia 1944, 12 edn, The Herald and Weekly Times, Melbourne, 1944, 906 pp. [ Details... ]