Valda Ruby Couseley
1920 – 19nn
Father Nm: Edward Shirling Cousley born 1884 died 28 Jun 1955
Fawkner, Moreland City, Victoria
Burial Cemetery Fawkner Memorial Park
Mother Nm: Ruby Napier Vincent born 1 Apr 1887 died 17 Aug 1972
Coburg, Victoria,
Marriage Dt: 19 June 1943 on HMAS Lonsdale Training Base Beach Street, Port Melbourne, Victoria
K comments:
Spouse comments: Husband John Clarence Blencowe [10782] served with the Royal Australian Navy.
Children. Phillip Lesley Blencowe – I5016 (b. 1947, d. 1993)
Born 1920
11 Nov 1920, Collingwood, Melbourne.
WW2
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Valda Ruby Cousely/Blencowe, Storekeeper, Clerk 95010, Women’s Auxiliary Australian Air Force
1942
- 25 March. Enlisted. Age 21 living in Hawthorn, Melbourne a sales assistant recruited for Storekeeper role.
- 1 April. Posted to WAAAF Depot, Toorak , Melbourne
Note: Valda served just 17 months mainly as a Clerk in Melbourne WAAAF locations. Her file reflects her marriage name change to Blencowe in June 1943 and her wish to be called Valda Blencowe on her service record.
1943
- 20 April. Posted to No. 2 Air Navigation School (ANS) at Nhill, Victoria, where they trained navigators and other aircrew.
- 15 May. Promoted to Acting Corporal.
- 12 September, Discharged on compassionate grounds. What these were specifically is nor recorded but John her husband was serving in their home town and so most likely it was expected she would take up role of home carer and wife and that was the reason she was able to get a discharge.
Medals
Probably awarded the Defence medal
Sources
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- Ancestry and BFA database
- National Archives of Australia Service Records
After the War
1946
- Living at 52 Marshall St. Ivanhoe John not recorded and probably at his Navy Base
Death
Not Found