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Frederick Smart TUCK

Regimental number520
Place of birthBendigo, Victoria
Other NamesFrederick Grant
SchoolCrown Street Sydney and Technical College, New South Wales
ReligionMethodist
OccupationSanitary inspector
AddressSandy Bay, Tasmania
Marital statusMarried
Age at embarkation43
Next of kinWife, Mrs Ivy Gertrude Tuck, 16 Ashfield Street, Sandy Bay, Tasmania
Previous military serviceServed in Volunteer Artillery for many years.
Enlistment date20 September 1915
Rank on enlistmentSergeant
Unit name40th Battalion, B Company
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/57/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Hobart, Tasmania, on board HMAT A35 Berrima on 1 July 1916
Rank from Nominal RollSergeant
Unit from Nominal Roll40th Battalion
FateKilled in Action 31 January 1917
Place of death or woundingArmentieres, France
Age at death45
Age at death from cemetery records45
Place of burialCite Bonjean Military Cemetery (Plot IV, Row D, Grave No. 7), Armentieres, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
133
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Thomas and Emma TUCK
Family/military connectionsBrother, Brother-in-law and Cousin all killed in action.
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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