tucker, spencer gordon
DESCRIPTION
Service Number 577. Killed in Action 1st May 1917. Le Touquet near Armentieres, France.TRANSCRIPT
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Gosford District Casualties of World War One
Bragg, Edmund Allen Service Number 1494
Killed in Action 19th May 1915 Gallipoli Peninsula
Gosford District Casualties of World War One
Tucker, Spencer Gordon Service Number 577
Killed in Action 1st May 1917 Le Touquet near Armentieres, France
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Gosford City Council gratefully acknowledges the voluntary efforts of
Benalyn Campbell
And Vivienne Tranter
in compiling this resource
The information in this file has been extracted from official records
held in the
The Australian War Memorial and
National Archives of Australia
(© Commonwealth of Australia [National Archives of Australia] 2013)
Further information on this soldier may be found online at:
Commonwealth War Graves
The AIF project
Content advisory: This file may potentially contain disturbing accounts of service-related injury and death, disease and family grief. Adult supervision is recommended for children
using these resources. Individual files should be viewed within the context
provided by wider research on service conditions in the 1st AIF.
This resource is presented by Gosford City Council
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NAME Tucker, Spencer Gordon
SERVICE NO 577
UNIT 30th Battalion
RANK Private
AGE at Enlistment 22 yrs 1 mth
PLACE OF BIRTH Carcoar, NSW
ADDRESS ‘Box Hill” Carcoar, NSW
OCCUPATION Labourer
DATE OF ENLISTMENT 14 Jan 1916
PLACE OF ENLIST-MENT
Liverpool, NSW
PREVIOUS SERVICE Carcoar Rifle Club
NEXT OF KIN Father;- Alfred Tucker-“Boxhill”, Carcoar, NSW
PHYSICAL DESCRIP-TION
Height-5’9”. Weight-152lbs. Chest 34-37”. Complexion-Fair. Eyes-Blue. Hair-Brown. Two small scars outer L/Thigh
RELIGION C/E
EMBARKED 13 May 1916 Sydney per “Beltana”
DISEMBARKED 9 Jul 1916 Devonport
NOTES AWOL- Broadmeadow NSW- 11-12 Apr 1916
WOUNDED/ILLNESS
DIED 1 May 1917-sniper bullet through skull, Le Touquet, nr Armentieres, France
BURIED London Rifle Brigade Military Cemetery Ploegsteert Wood, Messines, France, by Cptn Chaplain Richmond/
MEDALS British War Medal-39432, Victory Medal-39054. Memorial Plaque & Scroll-322925.
DEPENDANTS Mother;- Mary Ann Tucker “Box Hill” Carcoar
PERSONAL EFFECTS Disc, metal ring, 3 devotional books, knife, purse, wrist watch & strap, 5 keys, key ring, chain, 5 coins, wallet, 2 notebooks, cards, photos/ Military book/
WILL
CORRESPONDENCE Carcoar Rifle Club/ Mother/
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Abridged record/s courtesy of the National Archives of Australia (NAA) Series No: B2455 Item Barcode: 8395167
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