HADLEY, Marjorie Isabelle
| Service Number: | WR/29 |
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| Enlisted: | 1 October 1942 |
| Last Rank: | Leading Seaman |
| Last Unit: | Not yet discovered |
| Born: | Trundle, New South Wales, Australia, 22 November 1915 |
| Home Town: | Not yet discovered |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Memorials: |
World War 2 Service
| 1 Oct 1942: | Enlisted Royal Australian Navy, Leading Seaman, WR/29 | |
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| 13 Jun 1944: | Discharged Royal Australian Navy, Leading Seaman, WR/29 |
A Pioneer WRAN.
Ldg Tel Marjorie Hadley, nee Price, WR/27 was one of our first WRANS. In 1943 she met a USN Radioman attached to the USN Radio unit in Australia. In 1944 Marjorie was granted a compassionate discharge so she could go to the US with her husband as a War Bride, who had posted back to the states. Over the next few decades they had numerous postings before Frank retired from the USN as a Commander.
There is a little confusion about where and when she died. Ryerson has her dying in a nursing home in Parkes near her home town of Trundle in January 2005, however the memorial has her passing date as November. A family tree has her dying in Texas in Nov. It may be she returned to Australia after Frank's passing and her ashes were interred in November in Arlington.
Submitted 19 August 2022 by Anthony Vine
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