Dorothy Mabel (Pat) HANLEY

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HANLEY, Dorothy Mabel

Service Numbers:	Q266016, QF266016
Enlisted:	2 November 1942
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	Not yet discovered
Born:	Toogoolawah, Queensland, Australia, 27 June 1919
Home Town:	Kilcoy, Somerset, Queensland
Schooling:	Esk State School, Queensland, Australia
Occupation:	Nursemaid
Died:	Clayton, Victoria, Australia, 14 November 2006, aged 87 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Springvale Botanical Cemetery, Melbourne
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World War 2 Service

2 Nov 1942:	Involvement Private, Q266016, on WW2NR as QF266016
2 Nov 1942:	Enlisted
2 Nov 1942:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, QF266016
8 May 1945:	Discharged
8 May 1945:	Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, QF266016

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Biography contributed by Chris Buckley

Private Dorothy Mabel Hanley (Service No:QF266016) served in the AWAS with 10 Australian AA Operations Room (Gun Operations Room Brisbane) - graded Plotter - from 2 November 1942 to 8 May 1945. Three brothers - William, Sydney and Douglas - and husband Alan also served in WWII.

Dorothy (Pat) Mabel Hall was born in Toogoolawah, QLD in 1919, fourth of eight children of William (Willie) Hall (b1888 in Bryden, QLD) and Gladys Smith (b1888 in Esk, QLD). Willie (a Labourer) and Gladys married in 1912 in Esk, QLD and by 1916 Willie had joined QGR as a Railways Worker. Willie and Gladys lived in Esk, Toogoolawah and Yimbun via Esk before settling in Kilcoy.

Pat worked in Kilcoy as a Nursemaid before enlisting in the AWAS. In 1944 in Brisbane, Pat married Alan Noel Hanley (b1917 in Casterton, Victoria) - Alan was a Signalman (Service No:VX131756). Following Discharge in 1946, Pat and Alan settled in Melbourne, where they raised their family and Alan was an Artist. Pat died in 2006 and Alan in 2010.

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