Sister Nursing Corps Alma May Beard
- Rank
- Sister Nursing Corps
- Service number
- WFX11175
- Unit
- 2/13 Australian General Hospital Australian Army Medical Services
- Cause of death
- Died as Prisoner of War
- Place of death
- Bangka Island, Indonesia
- Date of death
- 16 February 1942
- Age
- 29
- Plaque number
- M262B
- Co-located plaques
- M262A - SR Louvima (Louvinia) Bates
- M262 - SR Minnie Hodgson
- Dedicated by
- Sister on 16 February 2008
- More information
Biography presented during plaque dedication:
Sister Alma Beard of 2/13 Australian General Hospital is the daughter of Edward and Katherine Beard of Toodyay. She was born at 'Pell Mell', the family farm, on 14 January 1913.
She attended the local primary school at Pell Mell in the locality of Culham near Toodyay, then boarded at Mercedes College in Perth for a year.
Alma returned home at the age of 17 before commencing her nursing training at Perth Hospital. She loved to ride horses and entered dressage events at the local show.
Alma was 28 when she enlisted in Perth on 19 June 1941.
Sister Alma May Beard, service number WFX11175 of 2/13 Australian General Hospital, was shot as a prisoner of war at Bangka Island on 16 February 1942. She was 29.