Parents: Samuel and Mary Matilda TUCKER, 73 Frederick Street, Maylands, South Australia.
Regimental number 464
School Birdwood Public School, South Australia
Religion Methodist
Occupation Mason
Address Mannum, South Australia
Marital status Single
Age at embarkation 22
Next of kin Father, Samuel Tucker, Mannum, South Australia
Enlistment date 21 January 1915
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll 22 January 1915
Rank on enlistment Private
Unit name 27th Battalion, B Company
Unit embarked from Adelaide, South Australia, on board HMAT A2 Geelong on 31 May 1915
Rank from Nominal Roll Lance Corporal
Unit from Nominal Roll 3rd Machine Gun Battalion
Fate Died of wounds 12 October 1917
Place of death or wounding Passchendaele, Ypres, Belgium
Age at death 24.2
Age at death from cemetery records 24
Place of burial Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery (Plot XX, Row L, Grave No. 19A), Belgium
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
Australian War Memorial 179
Miscellaneous information from
cemetery records Parents: Samuel and Mary Matilda TUCKER, 73 Frederick Street, Maylands, South Australia. Native of Birdwood, South Australia
Medals
Military Medal
'This N.C.O. was placed in charge of a machine gun in an outpost on the night of 23/24th March 1917. At daybreak his post was shelled, and the infantry attached, evacuated, leaving four wounded. Lance Corporal TUCKER refused to leave his post, and remained throughout the day with one man of his crew. Throughout the day his post was subjected to heavy shelling.'
Source: 'Commonwealth Gazette' No. 174
Date: 11 October 1917
Family/military connections Brothers: 1186 Pte Norman Samuel TUCKER, 3rd Field Ambulance, returned to Australia, 3 October 1918; 2814 Pte Horace Stewart TUCKER, Machine Gun Bn, died of wounds, 5 May 1917.
Regimental number 464
School Birdwood Public School, South Australia
Religion Methodist
Occupation Mason
Address Mannum, South Australia
Marital status Single
Age at embarkation 22
Next of kin Father, Samuel Tucker, Mannum, South Australia
Enlistment date 21 January 1915
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll 22 January 1915
Rank on enlistment Private
Unit name 27th Battalion, B Company
Unit embarked from Adelaide, South Australia, on board HMAT A2 Geelong on 31 May 1915
Rank from Nominal Roll Lance Corporal
Unit from Nominal Roll 3rd Machine Gun Battalion
Fate Died of wounds 12 October 1917
Place of death or wounding Passchendaele, Ypres, Belgium
Age at death 24.2
Age at death from cemetery records 24
Place of burial Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery (Plot XX, Row L, Grave No. 19A), Belgium
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
Australian War Memorial 179
Miscellaneous information from
cemetery records Parents: Samuel and Mary Matilda TUCKER, 73 Frederick Street, Maylands, South Australia. Native of Birdwood, South Australia
Medals
Military Medal
'This N.C.O. was placed in charge of a machine gun in an outpost on the night of 23/24th March 1917. At daybreak his post was shelled, and the infantry attached, evacuated, leaving four wounded. Lance Corporal TUCKER refused to leave his post, and remained throughout the day with one man of his crew. Throughout the day his post was subjected to heavy shelling.'
Source: 'Commonwealth Gazette' No. 174
Date: 11 October 1917
Family/military connections Brothers: 1186 Pte Norman Samuel TUCKER, 3rd Field Ambulance, returned to Australia, 3 October 1918; 2814 Pte Horace Stewart TUCKER, Machine Gun Bn, died of wounds, 5 May 1917.
Parents: Samuel and Mary Matilda TUCKER, 73 Frederick Street, Maylands, South Australia.
Regimental number 464
School Birdwood Public School, South Australia
Religion Methodist
Occupation Mason
Address Mannum, South Australia
Marital status Single
Age at embarkation 22
Next of kin Father, Samuel Tucker, Mannum, South Australia
Enlistment date 21 January 1915
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll 22 January 1915
Rank on enlistment Private
Unit name 27th Battalion, B Company
Unit embarked from Adelaide, South Australia, on board HMAT A2 Geelong on 31 May 1915
Rank from Nominal Roll Lance Corporal
Unit from Nominal Roll 3rd Machine Gun Battalion
Fate Died of wounds 12 October 1917
Place of death or wounding Passchendaele, Ypres, Belgium
Age at death 24.2
Age at death from cemetery records 24
Place of burial Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery (Plot XX, Row L, Grave No. 19A), Belgium
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
Australian War Memorial 179
Miscellaneous information from
cemetery records Parents: Samuel and Mary Matilda TUCKER, 73 Frederick Street, Maylands, South Australia. Native of Birdwood, South Australia
Medals
Military Medal
'This N.C.O. was placed in charge of a machine gun in an outpost on the night of 23/24th March 1917. At daybreak his post was shelled, and the infantry attached, evacuated, leaving four wounded. Lance Corporal TUCKER refused to leave his post, and remained throughout the day with one man of his crew. Throughout the day his post was subjected to heavy shelling.'
Source: 'Commonwealth Gazette' No. 174
Date: 11 October 1917
Family/military connections Brothers: 1186 Pte Norman Samuel TUCKER, 3rd Field Ambulance, returned to Australia, 3 October 1918; 2814 Pte Horace Stewart TUCKER, Machine Gun Bn, died of wounds, 5 May 1917.
Regimental number 464
School Birdwood Public School, South Australia
Religion Methodist
Occupation Mason
Address Mannum, South Australia
Marital status Single
Age at embarkation 22
Next of kin Father, Samuel Tucker, Mannum, South Australia
Enlistment date 21 January 1915
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll 22 January 1915
Rank on enlistment Private
Unit name 27th Battalion, B Company
Unit embarked from Adelaide, South Australia, on board HMAT A2 Geelong on 31 May 1915
Rank from Nominal Roll Lance Corporal
Unit from Nominal Roll 3rd Machine Gun Battalion
Fate Died of wounds 12 October 1917
Place of death or wounding Passchendaele, Ypres, Belgium
Age at death 24.2
Age at death from cemetery records 24
Place of burial Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery (Plot XX, Row L, Grave No. 19A), Belgium
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
Australian War Memorial 179
Miscellaneous information from
cemetery records Parents: Samuel and Mary Matilda TUCKER, 73 Frederick Street, Maylands, South Australia. Native of Birdwood, South Australia
Medals
Military Medal
'This N.C.O. was placed in charge of a machine gun in an outpost on the night of 23/24th March 1917. At daybreak his post was shelled, and the infantry attached, evacuated, leaving four wounded. Lance Corporal TUCKER refused to leave his post, and remained throughout the day with one man of his crew. Throughout the day his post was subjected to heavy shelling.'
Source: 'Commonwealth Gazette' No. 174
Date: 11 October 1917
Family/military connections Brothers: 1186 Pte Norman Samuel TUCKER, 3rd Field Ambulance, returned to Australia, 3 October 1918; 2814 Pte Horace Stewart TUCKER, Machine Gun Bn, died of wounds, 5 May 1917.
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