DAVIS, Lillian Muriel
| Other Name: | COYNE fmly BROOKS, Lillian Muriel - Married Names |
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| Service Number: | WR2851 |
| Enlisted: | 3 April 1945 |
| Last Rank: | Seaman |
| Last Unit: | HMAS Penguin (IV) 1939-1940/HMAS Brisbane 1940-1942/HMAS Moreton (I) 1942-1994 (Depot) |
| Born: | Tannalo via Mackay, Queensland, Australia, 12 April 1926 |
| Home Town: | Bauple, Fraser Coast, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Died: | Natural causes, 14 June 2025, aged 99 years, place of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
| Memorials: |
World War 2 Service
| 3 Apr 1945: | Enlisted Royal Australian Navy, Writer, WR2851, HMAS Moreton | |
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| 3 Apr 1945: | Enlisted Royal Australian Navy, Seaman, WR2851, HMAS Penguin (IV) 1939-1940/HMAS Brisbane 1940-1942/HMAS Moreton (I) 1942-1994 (Depot) | |
| 28 Jun 1946: | Discharged Royal Australian Navy, Seaman, WR2851, HMAS Penguin (IV) 1939-1940/HMAS Brisbane 1940-1942/HMAS Moreton (I) 1942-1994 (Depot) |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Liz Williamson
Daughter of Cyril Chruchill Bevan DAVIS and Violet Jessie DAVIS nee BERTRAM, Bauple via Tiaro, Qld.
Wife of Joseph Anthony COYNE and Fred BROOKS
Mrs Lillian Coyne, from Maryborough was one of the first WRANS to sign up at HMAS Moreton in the Second World War. According to Lillian, when Mrs Mac was trying to persuade the Navy brass to allow her radio operators into the service, their reaction was, ‘Women in the Navy? Never!’
‘I was a Writer and there were Drivers, Medics, Cooks and Stewards, everyone that was needed on shore. We all loved every minute of it; it was so exciting to be part of the war effort and serving with all the men.
‘I was billeted in Hut Number 3, the Transport Drivers Hut, but as a Navy Writer, we did all the administrative and clerical work.’
Exerpt from DVA website 'National reunion for WRANS'
25 September 2022
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