SUTTON, Lilian Jane Davis
| Service Number: | 94702 |
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| Enlisted: | 21 February 1942 |
| Last Rank: | Aircraftwoman |
| Last Unit: | Air Force Headquarters Western Area (Perth) |
| Born: | Bunbury Western Australia , 30 August 1910 |
| Home Town: | Victoria Park, Victoria Park, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Harvey State School, Western Australia |
| Occupation: | Medical Nurse/Dental Nurse/Showroom Assistant |
| Died: | Cancer, Victoria Park Perth Western Australia , 7 October 1949, aged 39 years |
| Cemetery: |
Karrakatta Cemetery & Crematorium, Western Australia Anglican-Ki—0483 |
| Memorials: |
World War 2 Service
| 21 Feb 1942: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Aircraftwoman, 94702, Air Force Headquarters Western Area (Perth) | |
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| 2 Jun 1945: | Discharged Royal Australian Air Force, Aircraftwoman, 94702, Air Force Headquarters Western Area (Perth) | |
| Date unknown: | Involvement Aircraftwoman, 94702, Air Force Headquarters Western Area (Perth) |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Graham Padget
Lilian Jane Davis (Janie) Sutton was born in Bunbury, Western Australia on 30th August 1910. Janie was the daughter of farmers William John and Florence Cecilia Sutton of "Jardup" in Harvey Western Australia.
Janie Sutton was the only woman in Western Australia to hold a pilots licence at the outbreak of WW2. During the war, serving in the WAAAF, Janie became an Air Force wireless operator competent in sending and receiving morse code.
After the war Janie Sutton established a morse code school for airline pilots.
Her funeral was held in the C of E church at Karrakatta Cemetery and the pall bearers included the then Premier of Western Australia (Mr Ross McLarty) and senior airline representatives.
(Compiled and edited from multiple TROVE and public Ancestry.com entries)
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