NF452362 SERGEANT Olwin Ivy HARRIES

Service No: NF452362
Service: Australian Women's Army Service
Place of Birth: Crookwell
Highlights: Olwen enlisted on 23 Feb 1943 aged 27 years old. She was a dressmaker in Crookwell prior to enlistment. After completing basic training at Ingleburn on 16 Mar 1943, Olwen was posted to 52 Search Light Battery, Sydney.

In 1944, she transferred 1 Australian Army Service Corps Training Regiment at Georges Heights for duty in the 21st Australian Officers Shop. She moved to 64 Australian Women's Army Service Barracks in October 1945 and was discharged on 31 Jul 1946.

Olwen married Hilton Henry Ferris in Goulburn in 1951.