- Entry type: Person
- Entry ID: AWE0460
Syer, Ada Corbitt (Mickey)
(1910 – 1991)- Born 15 November, 1910, Melbourne Victoria Australia
- Died 31 December, 1991
- Occupation Servicewoman
Summary
Mickey Syer enlisted at Claremont, Western Australia, in the Australian Army on 6 February 1941. A member of the Australian Army Nursing Service, she was stationed with the 2/10th Australian General Hospital when captured by the Japanese during the fall of Singapore. Mickey spent three and a half years in Japanese prisoner of war camps in Sumatra.
During October 1945, she returned to Australia and was discharged from the Army on 10 August 1948.
Published resources
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Resource
- Brave Women, Angell, Barb, http://www.angellpro.com.au/women.htm
- Trove: Syer, Ada Corbitt (1910-1991), http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-743091
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