Henry Roy (Harry) TRETHEWIE

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TRETHEWIE, Henry Roy

Service Number:	428032
Enlisted:	11 September 1942
Last Rank:	Corporal
Last Unit:	6 Recruit Centre
Born:	Launceston, Tasmania, Australia, 6 May 1924
Home Town:	Launceston, Launceston, Tasmania
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Farmer
Died:	Launceston, Tasmania, Australia, 8 April 2015, aged 90 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	White Hills (Uniting Church) Cemetery, White Hills, Tasmania, Australia
Memorials:	Blessington North Esk Roll of Honour WW2

World War 2 Service

11 Sep 1942:	Enlisted Royal Air Force , Corporal, 428032, 6 Recruit Centre
11 Sep 1942:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Corporal, 428032, RAAF Recruit Centres
25 Jan 1945:	Discharged Royal Air Force , Corporal, 428032, 6 Recruit Centre
25 Jan 1945:	Discharged Royal Australian Air Force, Corporal, 428032, RAAF Recruit Centres
Date unknown:	Involvement Corporal, 428032, 6 Recruit Centre

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Biography contributed by Chris Buckley

Harry was the second of four children of Hubert Roy Trethewie (born 1893 in Evandale, Tasmania) and Elizabeth Margaret Fairbairn (born 1895 in Evandale, Tasmania). Hubert was a Farmer when he enlisted in the AIF (Lieutenant, Service No:73) in March 1916. He was a Farmer and Grazier at Evandale when he married Elizabeth in 1921. They settled at Evandale where Hubert was a Pastoralist and Grazier.

Harry was eighteen years of age when he enlisted in the RAAF in September 1942. He was on training flight (Tiger Moth A17 - 274) at Western Junction in March 1943 when he was slightly injured in a crash with a tractor and trailer (National Archives Australia). Harry was a Corporal (Service No:428032) attached to 6 Recruit Centre Hobart when he was Discharged in January 1945. Brothers-in-Law Harry Owen Croker (RAAF, Service No:88744) and Geoffrey Allen (Flight Sergeant, Service No:428170) also served in WWII.

Returning to Blessington near Launceston in Tasmania, Harry was a Pastoralist when he married Lois Elizabeth Parkin (born 1925 in Launceston, Tasmania) in 1946. They settled at Blessington near Launceston where Harry was a Pastoralist. In 1953 Harry and Elizabeth and their two sons were at the beach at Bridport with friends when a freak wave swept their son Randall (then 10 years of age) and another boy out to sea. Harry swam out and was only able to rescue one of the boys - his son Randall. The other boy - David Moase - drowned.

Harry died in 2015 and Lois in 2017.

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