Philip ETHERTON

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Service Number:	121945
Enlisted:	29 December 1942
Last Rank:	Aircraftman
Last Unit:	Repair and Servicing Units
Born:	Dane Hill, England, 2 August 1914
Home Town:	Edwardstown, Marion, South Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Not yet discovered
Died:	Accidental (Ground Accident), Coomallie Creek, Northern Territory, Australia, Coomalie Creek, Northern Territory, Australia, 15 July 1943, aged 28 years
Cemetery:	Adelaide River War Cemetery, NT F.A.10.
Memorials:	Adelaide WW2 Wall of Remembrance, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Dowerin War Memorial

29 Dec 1942:	Involvement 121945
29 Dec 1942:	Enlisted Adelaide
29 Dec 1942:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Aircraftman, Repair and Servicing Units
29 Dec 1942:	Enlisted 121945
Date unknown:	Involvement

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Son of Philip and Harriet Etherton

Husband of Lola Muriel Etherton of Minnivale, WA

AC Etherton 121945 of Number 7 Repair & Servicing Unit (7 Repair & Salvage Unit / 7RSU) was accidentally shot with a machine-gun at Daly Waters, NT