Joan Louisa McLean | |
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| Born | October 1919 Dublin, Ireland |
| Died | 17 January 2018 |
| Years active | 1942 to 1945 |
| Known for | Wartime morse code operator |
Joan Louisa McLean (October 1919 – 17 January 2018) volunteered and served in the Women's Royal Naval Service (Wrens), and played a pivotal role in codebreaking during World War II.[1][2] In 1945, as Leading Wren 45270, based in Scarborough, North Yorkshire at HMS Paragon, she provided morse code from German submarines to Bletchley Park, Buckinghamshire.
- ^ Lidbetter, Katrina (1 February 2018). "Joan McLean obituary". The Guardian. Retrieved 5 March 2021.
- ^ Ancestry.com. England and Wales, Death Index, 1989-2019 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014.