Sister Nursing Corps Louvima (Louvinia) Mary Isabella Bates
- Rank
- Sister Nursing Corps
- Service number
- WFX11169
- Unit
- 2/13 Australian General Hospital Australian Army Medical Services
- Cause of death
- Killed in Action
- Place of death
- Bangka Island, Indonesia
- Date of death
- 14 February 1942
- Age
- 32
- Plaque number
- M262A
- Co-located plaques
- M262B - SR Alma Beard
- M262 - SR Minnie Hodgson
- Dedicated by
- Cousin on 16 February 2008
- More information
Biography presented during plaque dedication:
Sister Louvima Bates of 2/13 Australian General Hospital was born in Fremantle on 1 January 1910, the daughter of Anthony and Mary Bates of South Perth.
Not a lot is known of Sister Bates' life prior to her enlistment in Perth on the 7 July 1941.
Sister Louvima Mary Isabella Bates, service number WFX11169 of 2/13 Australian General Hospital, was lost at sea in Bangka Strait on 14 February 1942. She was 32.