HEMMINGS, Coralie Marie
| Service Number: | 94786 |
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| Enlisted: | 18 March 1942, Perth, WA |
| Last Rank: | Flying Officer |
| Last Unit: | Not yet discovered |
| Born: | Adelaide, SA, 12 March 1917 |
| Home Town: | North Perth, Vincent, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
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World War 2 Service
| 18 Mar 1942: | Involvement 94786 | |
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| 18 Mar 1942: | Enlisted Perth, WA | |
| 18 Mar 1942: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flying Officer, 94786 | |
| 20 Dec 1945: | Discharged |
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94786 Coralie Marie Gordon, Women's Auxiliary Australian Air Force (WAAAF).
Gordon enlisted in March 1942 and was posted to 6 Fighter Sector Headquarters, Mt Lawley, WA. She completed officer training at the School of Administration, Trinity College, Melbourne, receiving her commission in May 1943. She then worked in the Operations Room at 2 Fighter Sector Headquarters and 7 Fighter Sector Headquarters, Melbourne, until November 1944, when she was posted to the Allied Translator Intelligence Section, RAAF Command, Brisbane. Promoted to Flight Officer in January 1945, she then served at the Central Intelligence Unit as the editor of a weekly publication, 'The Objective Intelligence Report', until August 1945. She married 420562 Flying Officer William Dudley Hemmings DFC in April 1946.
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