Norman Frederick COOTE

COOTE, Norman Frederick

Service Numbers: 38, Q142102
Enlisted: 22 August 1914
Last Rank: Staff Sergeant
Last Unit: General Hospitals - WW2
Born: Toowoomba, Qld., 29 May 1895
Home Town: Maleny, Sunshine Coast, Queensland
Schooling: Toowoomba Grammar School, East State School
Occupation: Chemist
Died: Coronary Occlusion, 112th Australian General Hosptial, 6 October 1943, aged 48 years
Cemetery: Lutwyche Cemetery, Brisbane, Qld
ANZ 7 75 25, Lutwyche Cemetery, Lutwyche, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Toowoomba Grammar School WW2 Honour Board, Toowoomba Roll of Honour WW1, Toowoomba Roll of Honour WW2, Toowoomba St. James' Roll of Honour, Toowoomba WW2 Roll of Honour Book, Toowoomba War Memorial (Mothers' Memorial)
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World War 1 Service

22 Aug 1914: Enlisted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 38, 3rd Field Ambulance
25 Sep 1914: Embarked Lance Corporal, 38, 3rd Field Ambulance, HMAT Rangatira, Brisbane
25 Sep 1914: Involvement Lance Corporal, 38, 3rd Field Ambulance, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '22' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Rangatira embarkation_ship_number: A22 public_note: ''

World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939: Involvement Q142102
22 Jun 1942: Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Staff Sergeant, Q142102, General Hospitals - WW2
22 Jun 1942: Enlisted Staff Sergeant, Q142102, 2/3 Line of Command Provost Company, Brisbane, Qld.
6 Oct 1943: Discharged

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Biography contributed by Faithe Jones

Norman Frederick Coote (birth registered as George Fredeick Coote) son of George Coote and Pamela Coote (nee Dent).

STAFF-SERGT. N. F. COOTE.
ROSEWOOD, October 22.—At a military hospital on October 6, the death took place of Staff-Sergeant Norman F. Coote, a former resident of Rosewood. For several years Mr. Coote was Manager of Nolan's Pharmacy, Rosewood. He was President of the Rosewood Sub-branch of the R.S.S.A.I.L.A. while in Rosewood, and he took an active interest in the Show Society. He was a member of the Patriotic Committee, and an enthusiastic worker in all patriotic efforts organised in the town. The late Staff-Sergt. Coote was a native of Toowoomba, and was educated at the East State and Toowoomba Grammar Schools. At the outbreak of the Great War in 1914 he enlisted in the 3rd Field Ambulance, and served on Gallipoli and in France until the Armistice in 1918. On his return to civil life he completed his studies as a chemist, and owned and managed chemistry businesses at Toowoomba, Innisfall, Rosewood, and Maleny. He enlisted in the present war, and was serving as a chemist at an Australian Military Hospital, with the rank of Staff-Sergeant, at the time of his death. He is survived by his widow, who is a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Mervyn Dines, Toowoomba, and one son, Mervyn Norman. Mr. C. H. Coote, Manager of the Commonwealth Savings Bank, at Stone's Corner, Brisbane, is a brother, and his three sisters are Mrs. J. Eadie (Chelmer), Mrs. W. Kettle (Warwick), and Mrs. W. McLennan (Toowoomba). A funeral with full military honours was accorded the late Staff-Sergeant Coote.

Staff Sergeant Norman F. Coote. A funeral with full military honours was accorded Staff Sergeant Norman F. Coote, whose death occurred in September. He was a native of Toowoomba, and was educated at the East State and the School. On the outbreak of the Great War in 1914 he enlisted in the 3rd Field Ambulance and served on Gallipoli and France until the Armistice in 1918. On his return to civil life he completed his studies as a chemist, and owned and managed chemistry businesses in Toowoomba, Innisfail, Rosewood and Maleny. He enlisted in the present war and was serving as a chemist at an Australian military hospital, with the rank of Staff Sergeant, at the time of his death. He is survived by his widow, who is a daughter of Mr and Mrs Mervyn Dines, of Toowoomba, and one son, Mervyn Norman Coote.

 

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