LEST WE FORGET
Sergeant Ilma Joyce BEALE
Service No: 90663
Born: Moonee Ponds VIC, 21 March 1920
Enlisted in the RAAF: 14 January 1942
Unit: No. 1 Operational Training Unit
Died: Ground Accident, RAF Station East Sale VIC, 15 September 1945, Aged 25 Years
Buried: Sale War Cemetery, Victoria
CWGC Additional Information: Daughter of Arthur and Isabel Anne Beale, of Finley, New South Wales
Roll of Honour: Finley NSW
Remembered: Panel 117, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
On 15 September 1945, Sergeant Beale, a Clerk Librarian, died at No. 4 RAAF Hospital from injuries received when she was thrown from a horse outside the Main Gate at East Sale.
References:
Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour On-Line Records (RAAF Casualty Information compiled by Alan Storr (409804))
Commonwealth War Graves Commission On-Line Records
Department of Veterans’ Affairs On-Line WWII Nominal Roll
National Archives of Australia On-Line Record A705, 166/5/1364