Tucker, Spencer Gordon

Gosford District Casualties of World War One Bragg, Edmund Allen Tucker, Spencer Gordon

Service ServiceNumber Number1494 577 Killed in Action 19th May 1915 Killed in Action 1st May 1917 Gallipoli Peninsula Le Touquet near Armentieres, France

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 (ÂŠ 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 1 st AIF. This resource is presented by Gosford City Council for research purposes only. Please note that copyright for resources contained within remains with the original copyright owners.

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 ENLISTMENT PREVIOUS SERVICE

Liverpool, NSW

NEXT OF KIN

Father;- Alfred Tucker-“Boxhill”, Carcoar, NSW

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION RELIGION

Height-5’9”. Weight-152lbs. Chest 34-37”. Complexion-Fair. Eyes-Blue. Hair-Brown. Two small scars outer L/Thigh C/E

EMBARKED

13 May 1916 Sydney per “Beltana”

DISEMBARKED

9 Jul 1916 Devonport

NOTES

AWOL- Broadmeadow NSW- 11-12 Apr 1916

Carcoar Rifle Club

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 & Scroll322925. Mother;- Mary Ann Tucker “Box Hill” Carcoar

DEPENDANTS 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/

Abridged record/s courtesy of the National Archives of Australia (NAA) Series No: B2455 Item Barcode: 8395167

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