There’s a distinctly British flavour to the Carinity 100 Club for centenarians at Carinity Brookfield Green.

Its newest member, Winifred Tazey, celebrated her 100th birthday with friends at the residential aged care community in western Brisbane on 11 January.

Like the two previous Carinity 100 Club inductees from Brookfield Green – Edith Howard and Margaret Holloway – Winifred was born in England.

During her ten decades of life Winifred, commonly known as ‘Wyn’, has spent her time equally living in Australia, New Zealand and her homeland.

She was born Winifred Hawley in Spennymore, County Durham, England on 11 January 1921.

For five years during World War II, she worked for the Royal Air Force as an aircraft hand before marrying Edward Tazey in May 1945.

Searching for a better lifestyle, in 1958 the Tazeys and their two children migrated to New Zealand before migrating to Australia and building a house on the Sunshine Coast.

As well as gardening, particularly growing flowers, Wyn’s other favourite hobbies have included baking and knitting.

Longevity is seemingly in Wyn’s genes: her mother lived until her early-90s and two of Wyn’s surviving siblings are also aged in their 90s.

Though some lifestyle habits may have contributed to Australia’s newest centenarian living a long life.

“She has never driven a car so she has always done a lot of walking which has kept her fit, and she has never smoked cigarettes and never really drank alcohol,” Wyn’s daughter Margaret says.