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Bert TUCKER

Regimental number231
Place of birthFreestone, Queensland
SchoolFreestone State School, Queensland
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationButcher
AddressFreestone, Warwick, Queensland
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation31
Next of kinMother, Mrs Ellen Sophia Tucker, Freestone, Warwick, Queensland
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date6 October 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name42nd Battalion, A Company
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/59/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A30 Borda on 5 June 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll11th Trench Mortar Battery
FateKilled in Action 5 April 1917
Place of death or woundingPlogesteert, Messines, Belgium
Age at death33
Age at death from cemetery records33
Place of burialLondon "Rifle Brigade Cemetery (Plot II, Row E, Grave No. 23), Ploegsteert, Belgium
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
21
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: John H. and Ellen Sophia TUCKER, "Lyegrove". Freestone, Queensland
Family/military connectionsBrother: Reginald Tucker, served with 15th Battalion and with 9th Battalion.
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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