TANDY, Ernest Edward
| Service Number: | 6185 |
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| Enlisted: | 18 October 1916, Bathurst, NSW |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 21st Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Dubbo, New South Wales, Australia, 4 June 1887 |
| Home Town: | Coledale, Wollongong, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | East Orange Public School |
| Occupation: | Miner |
| Died: | Died of wounds, France, 2 September 1918, aged 31 years |
| Cemetery: |
Daours Communal Cemetery Extension, France IV. F. 14. |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, East Orange Public School Memorial Avenue, East Orange Public School Roll of Honor, Orange "Fallen of Orange" Memorial Banners, Orange Cenotaph, Orange Holy Trinity Anglican Church Honour Board, Orange WW1 Honour Board |
World War 1 Service
| 18 Oct 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 6185, 22nd Infantry Battalion, Bathurst, NSW | |
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| 3 Nov 1916: | Involvement Private, 6185, 22nd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '13' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Afric embarkation_ship_number: A19 public_note: '' | |
| 3 Nov 1916: | Embarked Private, 6185, 22nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Afric, Sydney | |
| 23 Jul 1918: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 6185, 21st Infantry Battalion, Villers-Bretonneux, Gassed | |
| 1 Sep 1918: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 6185, 21st Infantry Battalion, "The Last Hundred Days", Mount St. Quentin, Shell wounds back | |
| 2 Sep 1918: | Involvement Private, 6185, 21st Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 6185 awm_unit: 21st Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1918-09-02 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Bradley Bliss
The son of Edward and Kate Tandy, Ernest Edward Tandy was born in Dubbo in 1887. His parents lived in Blakely Street Orange which no longer exists but is believed to be near the site of the old abattoirs to the north of Orange. Prior to the war he worked as a miner.
He enlisted for military service on the 18th October 1916 in Bathurst and joined the Australian Infantry 21st Battalion. He achieved the rank of Private.
He died of his wounds on the 2nd September 1918 in the Somme region of France. He was 31 years of age. Sadly Ernest Tandy’s brother, Bertram Lockley Tandy was also killed in World War 1.
Private Tandy was buried at the Daours Communal Cemetery in France.
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