97380 CORPORAL Vera Kate FARRELLY

Service No: 97380
Service: Women’s Auxiliary Australian Air Force
Place of Birth: Bigga
Highlights: Vera enlisted on 15 Apr 1942, aged 21 yrs. She had been a waitress at the Niagra Café for 5 years prior to enlisting. After completing basic training in Preston Vic, Vera was posted to RAAF Station Bradfield Park, Lindfield Sydney, for Mess Steward training and then as staff. She was then posted to RAAF Station Tocumwal on 10 Feb 1943, and was promoted to Corporal on 1 Dec 1943.

Vera returned to Bradfield Park for discharge on 1 Mar 1946, after which she returned to her parent’s home in Cowper Street, Crookwell.

Vera married John Samuel Hughes in Sydney in 1959 and in 1996 was living on Bribie Island, QLD.