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TUNBRIDGE, Percy Frank
| Service Number: | 16772 |
|---|---|
| Enlisted: | 12 June 1916, Adelaide, South Australia |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | Army Medical Corps (AIF) |
| Born: | Kilkenny, Adelaide, South Australia, 15 July 1887 |
| Home Town: | Adelaide, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Alberton Public School |
| Occupation: | Storeman |
| Died: | Heart failure, Woodville, South Australia, 14 November 1950, aged 63 years |
| Cemetery: |
Centennial Park Cemetery, South Australia |
| Memorials: | Adelaide Commissioner of Public Works Roll of Honour, Queenstown Alberton Public School Great War Honor Roll |
World War 1 Service
| 12 Jun 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Adelaide, South Australia | |
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| 24 Jan 1917: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 16772, Army Medical Corps (AIF), --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '23' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Miltiades embarkation_ship_number: A28 public_note: '' | |
| 24 Jan 1917: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 16772, Army Medical Corps (AIF), HMAT Miltiades, Adelaide | |
| Date unknown: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 16772, 11th Field Ambulance | |
| Date unknown: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 16772, 3rd Australian General Hospital - WW1 | |
| Date unknown: | Wounded 16772, 11th Field Ambulance |
Military Hospital Admissions UK
Gleaned following information from the Military Hospitals Admissions and Discharge Registers WW1. Archive Reference MH106/517 found at The National Archives in Kew containing Representative Medical Records of Servicemen from No. 11 Casualty Clearing Station.
Transcription www.forces-war-records.co.uk 15 Aug 2015.
First Name: R F [should be PF] Surname: Tunbridge Age: 30
Index Number of Admission: T27478 Rank: Private
Service Number: 16772 Years Service: 1 year Months With Field Force: 3 months
Ailment: Shrapnel wound, neck and shoulder Date Transferred to Sick Convoy: 30/06/1917[?] Date of Transfer from Sick Convoy: 29/06/17[?] Number of days under Treatment: 9th Australian Field Ambulance Notes written in the Observations Column: No. 8 Ambulance Train Religion: Church of England Notes written by FWR when Transcribing: On the original source 9th Australian Field Ambulance was wrote in 'Number of days under treatment' Regiment: Australian Army Medical Corps Battalion: 11th Field Ambulance Other unit info: 3rd Australian Division.
Submitted 15 August 2015 by Margaret Picard
Biography
Listed as married on enlistement, his wife was Winifred M. Tunbridge, of Kent Street, Alberton, South Australia. Their daughter Norma Winifred Tunbridge was born on 13 Sep 1913 and was about 3 years old when her father enlisted.
I remember Percy Tunbridge, he was my grandfather and I called him Poppa Tunbridge. I remember him as a kind Poppa who was always willing to spend time with me. - Jolyon Gemmell
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