NETHERCOTE, Harriet Mary
| Service Number: | 108666 |
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| Enlisted: | 11 February 1943 |
| Last Rank: | Aircraftwoman |
| Last Unit: | Not yet discovered |
| Born: | Albion, Queensland, Australia, 17 May 1911 |
| Home Town: | Brisbane, Brisbane, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Home Duties |
| Died: | Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia, 3 November 1983, aged 72 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Toowoomba Garden of Remembrance | Cemetery & Crematorium |
| Memorials: |
World War 2 Service
| 11 Feb 1943: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Aircraftwoman, 108666 | |
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| 21 Jul 1943: | Discharged Royal Australian Air Force, Aircraftwoman, 108666 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Chris Buckley
Aircraftwoman Harriet Mary Nethercote (Service No:108666) served in the RAAF from 11 February 1943 to 21 July 1943 and was attached to 3 Embarkation Depot at Discharge. Husband David William Nethercote (LAC; Service No:79000) also served in the RAAF.
Born in 1911 in Albion, Brisbane QLD, Harriet was the eldest of six children of George Frederick Coles (b1885 in Brisbane, QLD) and Sarah Jane Seel (b1888 in Toowoomba, QLD). George (a Labourer) and Sarah married in 1910 in Brisbane, QLD and by 1915 had settled in Toowoomba where they raised their family and George was a Labourer and Railways Employee. In May 1916 George had enlisted in the AIF but was Discharged a month later at his own request - he had enlisted following pressure from his two brothers, and was Discharged following a request from his wife who was in poor health with two small children (National Archives Australia).
In 1930 in Toowoomba QLD, Harried married David William Nethercote (b1906 in Ipswich, QLD). Harriet and David settled in Wynnum, Brisbane, QLD where David was a Labourer. By 1949 Harriet and David returned to Toowoomba where David was a Tool Sharpener and Machinist. David died in 1971 and Harriet in 1983.
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