Regimental number | 1623 |
Place of birth | Clapton, London, England |
Religion | Presbyterian |
Occupation | Clerk |
Address | St Monica, Kembla Street, Arncliffe, New South Wales |
Marital status | Single |
Age at embarkation | 22 |
Height | 5' 8.5" |
Weight | 148 lbs |
Next of kin | Father, Frederick Walter Tisbury, 6 Moyer's Road, Leyton, London, England |
Previous military service | Nil |
Enlistment date | |
Place of enlistment | Liverpool, New South Wales |
Rank on enlistment | Private |
Unit name | 30th Battalion, 1st Reinforcement |
AWM Embarkation Roll number | 23/47/2 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A72 Beltana on |
Unit from Nominal Roll | 30th Battalion |
Fate | Killed in Action |
Age at death from cemetery records | 24 |
Place of burial | Fromelles (Pheasant Wood) Military Cemetery (Plot III, Row E, Grave No 10), France |
Panel number, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial | 117 |
Family/military connections | Brother: 1622 Pte Frederick Herbert TISBURY, 30th Bn, returned to Australia, 12 December 1918. |
Other details |
War service: Egypt, Western Front Embarked Sydney 9 November 1915; disembarked Suez, 11 December 1915. Taken on strength, A Company, 30th Bn, Tel el Kebir, 15 February 1916. Embarked Alexandria to join the British Expeditionary Force, 16 June 1916; disembarked Marseilles, France, 23 June 1916. Killed in action, 20 July 1916. Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal Originally listed as 'No Known Grave' and commemorated at V.C. Corner (Panel No 3), Australian Cemetery, Fromelles; subsequently (2010) identified, and interred in the Fromelles (Pheasant Wood) Military Cemetery, France. |
Sources | NAA: B2455, TISBURY Charles Frederick |