Tasman Walter WORSLEY

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WORSLEY, Tasman Walter

Service Number:	512
Enlisted:	20 August 1914, Pontville, TAS, Australia
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	12th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Kingston, Tasmania, Australia, 5 January 1886
Home Town:	Queenstown, West Coast, Tasmania
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Paralysis, At sea (HS Gascon), Off Gaba Tepe, Gallipoli, 11 July 1915, aged 29 years
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Panel 35, Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing

World War 1 Service

20 Aug 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 512, 12th Infantry Battalion, Pontville, TAS, Australia
20 Oct 1914:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 512, 12th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Hobart embarkation_ship: HMAT Geelong embarkation_ship_number: A2 public_note: ''
20 Oct 1914:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 512, 12th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Geelong, Hobart

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Biography

Tasman Walter WORSLEY was born as on 5th Jan, 1886 in Kingston, Tasmania - his birth is listed under Thomas Walter which is a transcription error

His parents were Thomas Richard WORSLEY and Charlotte WOOD - both parents were deceased when he enlisted for WW1 - his father died in 1908 and his mother in 1890 -they had at least 13 children

He enlisted on 20th August 1914 with the 12th Battalion - Unit embarked from Hobart, Tasmania on the ship HMAT Geelong on 20th October, 1914 - Service No. 512

Tasman died on board the hospital ship (HS Gaston) off Gaba Tepe on 11th July, 1915 from acute ascending paralysis (Landys) - he was buried at sea by a ships Chaplin - he is listed on the Australian War memorial and the Lone Pine Memorial

OBITUARY.

North Western Advocate & Emu Bay Times -10th Aug 1915

KILLED IN ACTION. WORSLEY - On July 11, 1915 at the Dardanelles of paralysis, Tasman the dearly loved youngest son of the late Mr. Richard Worsley of Longley aged 29 years & brother of Mrs. J Moore, Elizabeth St Hobart. He did his duty.

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