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Sister Doris Joyce Wyllie

Commemorated at
Memorial Name
Concord Repatriation General Hospital Memorial Window and Honour Roll Sydney Hospital Second World War Roll of Honor
St Peter's Church War Memorial Chapel Tablet SCEGGS Darlinghurst
Given name
D J
Family name
Wyllie
Gender
Female
Service number
NFX138687
Conflicts
Second World War, 1939–45
Fate
Killed in action (KIA)
Fate date
14 May 1943
Additional information
Place of birth
Melbourne, Victoria
Religion
Church of England
Occupation
Nurse
Address given on enlistment documents
Bundaberg QLD 4670
Marital status
Single
Age at embarkation (years)
26
Next of kin
Father, Ernest Wyllie
Last held rank
Sister
Unit at embarkation
Attached 2/3 Australian Hospital Ship Centaur
Service
Australian Army Nursing Service
Veteran Notes/Bio

Sister Wyllie was killed in action at sea, off the coast of Brisbane, Australia. She was on board 2/3 Australian Hospital Ship Centaur when it was sunk by a Japanese submarine. 

She was commemorated with a communion table and fittings donated to the War Memorial Chapel at St Peter's Church of England in Darlinghurst, NSW in 1944. The whereabouts of these items is unknown. 

Spotlight on Society: Nurse's bravery in Hospital Ship (29 May 1943)
Services in War Chapel (3 Dec 1944)
Australian War Memorial - Roll of Honour, Doris Joyce Wyllie
National Archives of Australia - Service documents, Doris Wyllie

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