TANNER, Neita Florence
| Service Number: | NF461586 |
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| Enlisted: | 8 June 1943 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | Not yet discovered |
| Born: | Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 9 March 1924 |
| Home Town: | Sydney, City of Sydney, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Monte Sant' Angelo Mercy College, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia |
| Occupation: | Florist/clerk |
| Died: | Charleston , South Carolina, USA, 1 November 2013, aged 89 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
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World War 2 Service
| 8 Jun 1943: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, NF461586 | |
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| 22 Oct 1945: | Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, NF461586 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Penny Black
Neita Florence Tanner was born in Sydney, Australia to Albert Rees Tanner and Ivy Florence Nolan. Neita attended Monte Sant' Angelo Mercy College in Sydney. Neita met her husband Edward Francis Wiese, U.S. Marine Corps, Ist Marine Division, in Sydney in 1941 at a Catholic USO dance during the USS Portland's goodwill tour of Australia. During World War II, she served in the Australian Women's Army Corps. After the war, she traveled from Sydney to San Francisco aboard the "bride ship" USS Marie Falcon, then flew to Oahu, Hawaii, where she and Ed were married in 1946.
They lived in many places, including California, Virginia, North Carolina, Georgia, Puerto Rico and Panama. Neita learned batik while living in Panama and is known for her work on Cuna Indians and the cultural icons and flowers of Panama. Neita's batiks have been exhibited in Panama City and the United States. After her husband died, Neita moved to Mount Pleasant South Carolina.
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