ROTHERY, Noel Anson Joseph
| Service Number: | TX2257 |
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| Enlisted: | 6 June 1940 |
| Last Rank: | Gunner |
| Last Unit: | 2nd/8th Field Regiment |
| Born: | North Sydney, New South Wales, 21 December 1919 |
| Home Town: | Coogee, Randwick, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Marist Brothers College, Randwick |
| Occupation: | Not known |
| Died: | Injuries from truck rollover, Royal Hobart Hospital Tasmania, Australia, 15 October 1940, aged 20 years |
| Cemetery: |
Cornelian Bay Cemetery and Crematorium, Tasmania Roman Catholic Plot, Row M, Grave 24 |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 2 Service
| 6 Jun 1940: | Involvement Gunner, TX2257, 2nd/8th Field Regiment | |
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| 6 Jun 1940: | Enlisted Gunner, TX2257, Enlisted at New Town, Tasmania | |
| 6 Jun 1940: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, TX2257, 2nd/8th Field Regiment | |
| 15 Oct 1940: | Involvement Gunner, TX2257, 2nd/8th Field Regiment |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Elizabeth Allen
Noel Anson Joseph ROTHERY was born on 21st December, 1919 in North Sydney
His parents were Norman Anson ROTHERY & Edith Ellen HENNES who married in Sydney in 1918 - he was their only son and he had two sisters
He enlisted in New Town Tasmania on 6th June, 1940 and was a Gunner with the 2nd / 8th Australian Field Regiment
Noel died at the Royal Hobart Hospital, Tasmania on 15th October, 1940 from injuries received in a truck rollover and is buried in the Cornelian Bay Cemetery
His name is memorialised on the Australian War Memorial, the Roll of Honour in Randwick, Sydney and the Roll of Honour at the Marcellin College in Sydney
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His father Norman Anson ROTHERY (SN 355) served in WW1 and returned to Australia in 1917
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The Mercury - 16th October, 1940
DEATH OF A.I.F. GUNNER - Truck overturned
Gunner Noel Anson Rothery (20) of the A.I.F. whose right leg was fractured when a military utility truck overturned near Tea Tree on Friday, while a party was returning from a training exercise, died in the Royal Hobart Hospital yesterday.
At an inquest at Brighton Camp last night, the Coroner (Col. Clark) returned a finding of accidental death.
The deceased was the only son of Mr. & Mrs. N.A. Rothery of Randwick, Sydney
Lieutenant Tasman Albert Jillett said he was driving the truck from Campania to Brighton camp and Rothery and four other men were seated on the floor in the body of the truck - it was an open truck
About 300 yards on the Tea Tree side of the railway crossing, he was driving into the sun and much dust was raised by a vehicle in front. Dust came through the windows and got in his eyes. He closed his eyes and eased the truck up with the intention of stopping. He noticed the truck was off the road, but was unable to get it back and it somersaulted
"I was thrown into a hollow and the truck rolled over me without touching me" said Gunner John Bell, who was on the tray of the truck
Deceased appeared to have been thrown clear and I am of the opinion that his injuries were caused when he was thrown to the ground
Richard D. Room, who was travelling on the truck and who has a probable fracture of the pelvis, is progressing satisfactorily
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