Branch of Service

Air Force

Conflict

World War II (1939-1945)

Date of Enlistment

15/04/1942

Place of Enlistment

Sydney NSW

Gender

Female

Other Name(s)

Stoyles

Date of Birth

05/12/1907

Place of Birth

Islington, England

Address (at enlistment)

Goulburn NSW (previously Duntroon ACT)

School(s) Attended

Duntroon School

Next of Kin

Frank Archer (father), Goulburn NSW

Service Number

93740

Marie Archer arrived in Canberra in 1911 when her father, Frank Archer was employed as a steward at the Royal Military College, Duntroon. The Archers moved to Goulburn in 1923 where Marie learned to fly. She married George Stoyles in 1943. She died on 16 February 2011 aged 103 years.

DVA nominal rolls - WW2
NAA RecordSearch - Series A9300
Duntroon Society Newsletter 1-1994
The Canberra Times - 19 February 2011