Sonja Morawetz Sinclair | |
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| Born | December 3, 1921 |
| Died | May 23, 2024 (aged 102) Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
| Nationality | Canadian |
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| Spouse |
Ric Sinclair
(m. 1945; died 2006) |
| Children | 3 |
Sonja Morawetz Sinclair (December 3, 1921 – May 23, 2024) was a Czechoslovak-born Canadian journalist, author, and cryptographer. From the 1950s to the 1990s she worked independently for major Canadian publications including Time, Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, Maclean's, Chatelaine, Canadian Business, Financial Post, authored four books and worked as director of communication for Price Waterhouse. In June 2017 she was honoured by the British government for her service as a World War II codebreaker for an Ottawa branch of Bletchley Park signals intelligence between 1943 and 1945.[1][2] She kept her wartime intelligence service secret from her closest family and friends for over seven decades.
- ^ "Canadian Signals Intelligence veteran honoured for wartime service". Government Communications Headquarters. Government of the United Kingdom. January 1, 2017. Archived from the original on June 3, 2024. Retrieved June 3, 2024.
- ^ Allemang, Liz. "Story Teller". Trinity Magazine. Trinity College. Archived from the original on June 3, 2024. Retrieved June 3, 2024.