James David NETHERCOTE

NETHERCOTE, James David

Service Number: 3415
Enlisted: 12 October 1916
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 4th Pioneer Battalion
Born: Riverview, Queensland, Australia , 3 January 1892
Home Town: Ipswich, Queensland
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Fitter
Died: War Service related illness, Ipswich, 18 July 1919, aged 27 years
Cemetery: Ipswich General Cemetery, Qld
Grave Pres. B. 29. 5.
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ipswich Soldier's Memorial Hall Great War
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World War 1 Service

12 Oct 1916: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3415, 4th Pioneer Battalion
25 Nov 1916: Involvement Private, 3415, 4th Pioneer Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '5' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Beltana embarkation_ship_number: A72 public_note: ''
25 Nov 1916: Embarked Private, 3415, 4th Pioneer Battalion, HMAT Beltana, Sydney
24 Jul 1918: Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 3415, 4th Pioneer Battalion

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Biography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon

He was discharged medically unfit for further military service on 24 July 1918

His brother, Private John Dalgleish Nethercote [1887–1918, ] Service No. 7030, also fell. He served with the 15th Battalion, AIF.

They were sons of William Nethercote [born in Scotland in 1854] –died 22.05.1937 and Agnes Dalgleish Nethercote born Haddington, East Lothian, Scotland on 27th July 1858-died 5th June 1922. The parents are interred in Ipswich General Cemetery, Ipswich, Ipswich City, Queensland, Australia.

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