Eunice Chinn (md. Leong)

Eunice Joyce Chinn (md. Leong) VF346714

Eunice enlisted in the Australian Women’s Army Service in 1942 and served as a telegraphist. She and her two other siblings all enlisted in WWII. Her younger sister Valda Olive Chinn (md. CHOY) (91471) served in the Royal Australian Air Force while her younger brother Maxwell Clement Chinn (V371698/VX95564) joined the Citizen Military Forces and the Second Australian Imperial Force.

Hand-coloured studio photograph of Eunice Chinn in her Army uniform, c. 1942. Photographer: Hugh Spencer. Donated by Anthony Leong, Museum of Chinese Australian History 2019.5.7.

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