Joan Henderson PARNELL

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PARNELL, Joan Henderson

Service Numbers:	QF266902, Q266902
Enlisted:	28 November 1942
Last Rank:	Sergeant
Last Unit:	Australian Women's Army Service (AWAS) - Unallotted
Born:	Nambour, Queensland, Australia, 25 December 1916
Home Town:	Brisbane, Queensland
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Typist
Died:	Breast cancer, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 18 November 2003, aged 86 years
Cemetery:	Mount Thompson Memorial Gardens & Crematorium, Queensland Plot - Columbarium 12, Section 3
Memorials:

World War 2 Service

28 Nov 1942:	Involvement Sergeant, Q266902, on WW2NR as QF266902
28 Nov 1942:	Enlisted
28 Nov 1942:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Sergeant, QF266902
30 Nov 1945:	Discharged
30 Nov 1945:	Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Sergeant, QF266902, Australian Women's Army Service (AWAS) - Unallotted

Cipher

My great Aunt Joan once told me a story about how she was the first one to receive and decode through cipher the information regarding the end of world war 2. For a time she was the only person in Australia who knew of the end before she reported it to her superior, a man of course. It’s a shame these amazingly intelligent women had to keep secrets to their death. And never truly recognised for their outstanding work behind the scenes.
She became a successful business woman when it was not at all popular and married Harold Goodin of the green Berets she adopted two children one of which had a disability.
She was a kind, stunning redhead and I loved her very much, she always had time for every one. I still miss her.

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