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James Thomas TYRRELL

Date of birth8 July 1867
Place of birthDrayton, Berks, England
SchoolKing Alfred's Grammar School, England
Age on arrival in Australia19
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationMiller
AddressFlowerdale, Table Cape, Tasmania
Marital statusMarried
Age at embarkation47
Next of kinWife, Mrs J T Tyrrell, Flowerdale, Table Cape, Tasmania
Previous military serviceServed as Lieutenant in Tasmanian Infantry and later Captain and Squadron Commander in 26th Light Horse.
Enlistment date3 May 1915
Rank on enlistmentCaptain
Unit name26th Battalion, D Company
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/43/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Brisbane, Queensland, on board HMAT A60 Aeneas on 29 June 1915
Rank from Nominal RollCaptain
Unit from Nominal Roll26th Battalion
FateKilled in Action 10 January 1917
Place of death or woundingArmentieres, France
Age at death49
Place of burialCite Bonjean Military Cemetery (Plot III, Row D, Grave No. 2), Armentieres, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
133
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Joseph and Martha TYRRELL; husband of Mrs. E.S. TYRRELL, Flowerdale, Wynyard, Tasmania
Family/military connectionsSon: Geoffrey Tyrrell, 3rd Light Horse injured at Sinai, 9th January 1917.
Other detailsWar Service: Gallipoli, Western Front

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