MCHARDIE, Frances Maud
| Service Number: | 102186 |
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| Enlisted: | 19 April 1944 |
| Last Rank: | Aircraftwoman |
| Last Unit: | Not yet discovered |
| Born: | Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 28 April 1912 |
| Home Town: | Brisbane, Brisbane, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Shop Assistant |
| Died: | Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 11 June 2003, aged 91 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Mount Thompson Memorial Gardens & Crematorium, Queensland |
| Memorials: |
World War 2 Service
| 19 Apr 1944: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Aircraftwoman, 102186 | |
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| 11 Oct 1944: | Discharged Royal Australian Air Force, Aircraftwoman, 102186 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Chris Buckley
Aicraftwoman Frances Maud McHardie (Service No:102186) served in the RAAF from 19 April 1944 to 11 October 1944. She was attached to 4 School of Technical Training Adelaide at Discharge. Aircraftwoman McHardie's husband - Warren Ainsleigh McHardie (Private; Service No:QX11542) - was KiA in New Guinea.
Born in 1912 in Brisbane QLD, Frances was the second of three children of Archibald McDermaid (b1879 in Ayrshire, Scotland) and Alice Maude Crutcher (b1883 in Surrey, England). Archibald (a Labourer) and Alice (a Hospital Housemaid) married in London in 1907 and by 1909 were settled in Brisbane, QLD where Archibald worked as a Carter, Labourer and Driver.
Frances worked as a Shop Assistant before her marriage in 1942 to Warren Ainsleigh McHardie (b1912 in Mackay, QLD) - Warren enlisted in the AIF in 1941 and was KiA in New Guinea in 1942. Following her service with the RAAF, Frances settled in Brisbane, QLD where she died in 2003.
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