Edgar Hope CHURCHER

CHURCHER, Edgar Hope

Service Number: T383
Enlisted: 21 December 1941
Last Rank: Captain
Last Unit: Volunteer Defence Corps (TAS)
Born: Launceston, Tasmania, Australia, 31 May 1893
Home Town: Devonport, Devonport, Tasmania
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Jeweller & watchmaker
Died: Devonport, Tasmania, Australia, 24 February 1963, aged 69 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery: Not yet discovered
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World War 2 Service

21 Dec 1941: Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Captain, T383, Volunteer Defence Corps (TAS)
21 Dec 1941: Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Captain, T383, Volunteer Defence Corps (TAS)
5 Apr 1946: Discharged T383
Date unknown: Enlisted T383

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Biography contributed by Deb Robinson

Volunteer Defence Corps Tasmania

Lt. Edgar Hope Churcher was appointed Captain 24 Feb 1942 after being called up for Full Time Duty.

Edgar lived at 18 Stewart Street Devonport, his wife was Ivy.

Edgar was trained in bomb disposal and guerilla warfare early 1942.

March 1943 travelled to NSW to attended 2nd Australian Army school for Officers of the Garrison Battalion and VDC units Narellan NSW

Saturday 18 September 1943 Captain Churcher was on Flinders Island [Furneaux Group] training the local VDC as per Walter Boaz Briant diary, 'Captain put us through the drill we had map practice & leopard crawl & monkey run & etc.'

Monday 20 September 1943 'I also went to the hall where a parade was of VDC & Mr Churcher was instructing' Walter Briant diary.

Captain Churcher was attached the Northern Tas HQ and by December 1944 was unwell with 'Diabetes Mellitius'  

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