Evelyn Yates

Evelyn Yates

Personal Information
Date of Birth	25 Nov 1918
Place of Birth	Barrow Upon Soar, Leicestershire, England
Age at Enlistment	23 years, 5 months
Occupation	Waitress
Religion	Church of England
Address	Kelmscott, Western Australia
Next of Kin	Father , Mr Edward Yates
Military Information
Reg Number	99634
Date of Enlistment	8 May 1942
Rank	Corporal
Unit/Formation	RAAF Base Point Cook
Post War Details
Fate	Remained in Australia
Medals	War Medal 1939-45 Australian Service Medal 1939-45

Pre War

Five year old Evelyn, along with Nora (8), Vera (12), Kenneth (15) Margery (21) and their father Edward (45) sailed for Fremantle on SS Balranald from London on 21 Aug 1924. In 1930 she is in a photo taken at the Mandogalup, Peel Estate 7 Mile School, with her residence being Block 667 of that estate.

War Service

Evelyn enlisted on 8 May 1942 as an Aircraftwoman and was mustered as a Trainee Cook at No. 4 RAAF Recruiting Centre. On 9 May 1942 she was posted to No. 1 WAAAF Training Depot RAAF then located at Toorak in Melbourne, and between 2 and 13 June 1942 participated in a Drill Training Course run at HQ Ascot Vale. This was followed from 15 June to 9 Aug 1942 with a Cooks Course, both of which she passed and was now a Group IV Cook. On 14 Aug 1942 she was posted to Station HQ RAAF Base Point Cook. She was granted LWOP from 14 Mar to 20 Mar 1943.

Evelyn was promoted Temporary Corporal on 1 Apr 1944 and then enjoined a second brief period of Leave without Pay from 27 Jul - 4 Aug 1944. Evelyn was transferred to No. 1 Service Flying Training School RAAF at Uranquinty, New South Wales on 1 Aug 1944. However, on 11 Sep 1944 she was posted back to RAAF Base Point Cook in Victoria. On 27 Jan 1945 her posting changed to Air Force HQ (US Airforce), and she remained there until 17 Sep 1946 when she transferred to No. 1 Personnel Depot RAAF to prepare for her discharge which took place on 19 Sep 1946.