1. Listed Bygone Queanbeyan as "Cartwright R. (AWAS) (Sutton)" but not listed Bungendore War Memorial Hall ROH.
2.Collinson "Final List" indicated in the Bungendore Bulletin November 1998 that "R.Cartwright "was a "Servicewoman ( all services )". Here it is presummed that Collinson accepted the Bygone Queanbeyan record for the WW2 updfate in 1998.
3.In this matter it should be noted that all the personnel listed on the Sutton Public School Memorial WW2 Memorial Gate are commemorated on the Bungendore War Memorial WW2 ROH,with the exception of "R. Cartwright AWAS".
Ruby May Cartwright:
4. There is also an "R.Cartwright " on the WW 1 Sutton Gate who 'served' "in WW1 but this individual is not commemorated on the Bundendore WW1 ROH. It is suspected that these are two different individuals and that the WW1 person might have been Ruby May.Cartwright (DOB 1895/1896 ) who came from Gundaroo/Sutton (Monaro Pioneers) but no Military Service documentation available.
Ruby Eileen Cartwright:
5.DVA Nominal Roll WW2 only lists one female "R. Cartwright" as Ruby Eileen Cartwright RAAF 176179 (not AWAS): DATE/POB:30.06.1923/Kurrajong,NSW ; DATE/POE:4.11.1942/Sydney;LOCALITY ON ENLISTMENT:Penrith;NOK: James Cartwright; DISCHARGE DATE /UNIT:25.07.1946/2 personnel Depot Staff.
6.NAA file not Open so no Bungendore /local connection can be established.
7. Ruby Eileen may have been married to Terrence Joseph Joseph Lacy NX105587 in 1946 (NSWBDM) that Ryerson Index indicates DOD as 7.11.2006,late of Sans Souci,NSW.NAA file not Open.
8.It is considered that Ruby Eileen is probably the individual listed on the Bungendore Memorial however as this is in conflict with the "AWAS" notation in Bygone Queanbeyan and the Sutton School Gates, this name must be regarded as "Unknown" for this database at this time.
Note:
AWM website 20.05.16:
The formation of the Australian Women's Army Service (AWAS) was authorised by the government on 13 August 1941 to "release men from certain military duties for employment in fighting units." The AWAS was the only non-medical women's service to send personnel overseas during the war; in 1944 and 1945 AWAS served in both Dutch and Australian New Guinea. By 30 June 1947 all members of the AWAS had been demobilised. Facing a severe manpower shortage due to the demands of the Korean War and national service in a time of full employment, enlistment for the Women's Royal Australian Army Corps (WRAAC) began in April 1951. In the late 1970s female soldiers began to be integrated into the Army at large and in early 1984, the WRAAC was disbanded.