TUCKER  W.

Given Names:  William Bosley

               

Service Number:  6807

Unit:  Field Artillery Brigade 4, Battery 12                                                                         

Rank:  Gunner 

Paybook Number:  264627

 

Age:  35 Yrs  4 Mths

Occupation:  Assayer                                                                                                     

Marital Status:  Single

Religion:  Methodist

 

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION           

Height:  5 Ft  11 In                   

Weight:  162 Lbs

Chest:  36-39 In

Hair:  Dark

Eyes:  Grey/Blue

Complexion:  Dark

 

ENLISTMENT

Date Enlisted:  30/9/1915

Place:  Melbourne

Next of Kin:  SISTER  Mrs Marie Dudley

365 Glenferrie Road, Glenferrie, Victoria                                                                           

Embarkation Date:  18/11/1915

Port:  Melbourne                                       

Ship:  HMAT Wiltshire A18

 

END OF WAR 

Status:  Returned to Australia

Ship:  Berrima 

Embarked:  2/1/1919                                 

Disembarked:  17/2/1919

Unit:  4th Field Artillery Brigade                                                                                                     

Rank:  Gunner

Discharge Date:  3/4/1919                         

Place:  Melbourne

 

MEDALS AND AWARDS

14/15 Star:  16012

British War Medal:  27634

Victory Medal:  27499

Other:   

 

BIRTH

Date or Year:  1880

Place:  Ballarat, Victoria                           

Father:  John TUCKER                            

Mother:  Isabella BARRY

 

MARRIAGE

Year:  1927     

Place:             

Spouse: Caroline Lewisa POWELL

 

DEATH

Date or Year: 4/7/1954                            

Place: Heidelberg, Victoria                      

Burial:  Box Hill Cemetery, Victoria

 

SERVICE RECORD HIGHLIGHTS

Wounded in action 1/9/1918; gun shot wound, shoulder

 

MEMORIALS

Kew War Memorial

 

WORLD WAR 2 SERVICE

Service Number:                                                    

Date Enlisted:                                                        

Date Discharged: 

 

COMMENTS

* Later 131 Wellington Street, Kew

FURTHER INFORMATION

 

Kew Rotary