ROACHE, Harriet
| Service Number: | 209123 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Sister |
| Last Unit: | Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve (QAIMNSR) |
| Born: | Garvoc, Victoria, Australia, 4 January 1900 |
| Home Town: | Not yet discovered |
| Schooling: | Nalangil State School & Presentation College, Windsor, Victoria, Australia |
| Occupation: | Nurse |
| Died: | Natural Causes, Colac, Victoria, Australia, 29 March 1985, aged 85 years |
| Cemetery: |
Colac General Cemetery, Victoria CLC-RC-65-807-09 |
| Memorials: |
World War 2 Service
| Date unknown: | Involvement Sister, 209123, Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve (QAIMNSR) |
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Daughter of Patrick ROACHE and Margaret ROACHE nee RYAN
When Harriet "Ettie" Roache was born on 4 January 1900 in Garvoc, Victoria, her father, Patrick, was 26, and her mother, Margaret, was 26. She had six brothers and seven sisters.
Awarded A.R.R.C. for Metorious Service, great zeal & devotion to duty. 01 January 1946
Resided 23 Ligar Street, Colac, Victoria.
Biography contributed by Ian Fox
Trained in Sydney and having worked in some Melbourne hospitals, Harriet 'Ettie' Roache then sailed to England in March 1938 to gain overseas nursing experience. Unable to return when war broke out, Ettie enlisted with the Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service.
Ettie was posted to British Government Hospitals in Alexandra, Jerusalem, Beirut and Syria before being transferred to Palestine. After returning to the UK for leave, Ettie was posted to a unit as part of D-Day, working at the 20th General Hospital in Bayeux, Normandy.
She also served for three months on the Hospital Ship 'Dorsetshire' and finished her service at Chester Military Hospital until she was released to return to Australia.
Ettie returned on 'HMT Rangitata', a war bride ship, in April 1946, possibly signing on as a nurse for the voyage. It is believed that she wasn't eligible to be repatriated to Australia because she had enlisted with the British Nursing Service and Britain was considered to be her home.
[Source: Colac Family History Project/WW2 Honour Roll]
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