Roy John TYLER

Regimental number6904
Place of birthWarrambool, Victoria
SchoolUniversity High School, Carlton Victoria
ReligionPresbyterian
OccupationFarmer
AddressKilmany South, Victoria
Marital statusMarried
Age at embarkation31
Next of kinWife, Mrs Daisy Tyler, 39 Grand View Grove, Armadale, Victoria
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date22 June 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name22nd Battalion, 19th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/39/5
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A11 Ascanius on 11 May 1917
Rank from Nominal RollTemporary Sergeant
Unit from Nominal Roll22nd Battalion
FateKilled in Action 9 June 1918
Place of death or woundingMorlancourt, France
Age at death33
Age at death from cemetery records33
Place of burialMericourt L'Abbe Communal Cemetery Extension (Plot III, Row C, Grave No. I), France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
98
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: John and Mary TYLER; husband of Daisy TYLER, "Yurnga", Vincent Street, East Malvern, Victoria. Native of Warrnambool, Victoria
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal