Regimental number | 2426 |
Place of birth | Balaklava, South Australia |
Religion | Methodist |
Occupation | Labourer |
Address | Adelaide, South Australia |
Marital status | Single |
Age at embarkation | 21 |
Height | 5' 10.25" |
Weight | 140 lbs |
Next of kin | Father, George Thomas Tiller, Nackara, South Australia |
Previous military service | Nil |
Enlistment date | |
Place of enlistment | Adelaide, South Australia |
Rank on enlistment | Private |
Unit name | 32nd Battalion, 4th Reinforcement |
AWM Embarkation Roll number | 23/49/2 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Adelaide, South Australia, on board RMS Mongolia on |
Rank from Nominal Roll | Private |
Unit from Nominal Roll | 48th Battalion |
Fate | Returned to Australia |
Date of death | |
Age at death from cemetery records | 26 |
Place of burial | Sherlock Cemetery (Plot 26 B, Row 15), Sherlock, South Australia |
Panel number, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial | 147 |
Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Parents: George Thomas and Caroline TILLER. Native of Blyth, South Australia. Plaque in Garden of Remembrance, South Australia. |
Discharge date | |
Other details |
War service: Egypt, Western Front Taken on strength, 48th Bn, 19 April 1916.Embarked Alexandria to join the British Expeditionary Force, 2 June 1916; disembarked Marseilles, France, 8 June 1916. Admitted to 12th Australian Field Ambulance, 13 July 1916 (otitis media), and transferred to 2nd Canadian Casualty Clearing Station; to 35th General Hospital, Calais, 14 July 1916; to No 1 Convalescent Depot, Boulogne, 25 July 1916; discharged to Base Details, 26 July 1916; rejoined 48th Bn, in the field, 25 August 1916. Admitted to 4th Casualty Clearing Station, 7 September 1916 (bronchitis); transferred to 22nd General Hospital, Camiers, 9 September 1916 (chronic bronchitis); to England, 13 September 1916, and admitted to Wharncliffe War Hospital, Sheffield, 13 September 1916 (tuberculosis); to 1st Australian Auxiliary hospital, Harefield, 29 September 1916. Commenced return to Australia from Portland on board HT' Wiltshire', 12 November 1916; disembarked,Melbourne, 31 December 1916, for onward travel to Adelaide; discharged (medically unfit), Adelaide, 15 August 1917. War service: 1 year 334 days (of which 291 days were abroad) Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal |
Sources | NAA: B2455, TILLER William James |