Albert Edwin TUCKER

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TUCKER, Albert Edwin

Service Number:	4927
Enlisted:	31 May 1915, Enlisted at Keswick, SA
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	10th Infantry Battalion
Born:	East Adelaide, South Australia, 18 November 1898
Home Town:	Glenelg, Holdfast Bay, South Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Myrtle Bank, South Australia, 27 November 1995, aged 97 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Centennial Park Cemetery, South Australia Cremated on 30 November 1995. Plaque only at cemetery. Ashes removed. Internment number 213043 Internment right expired on 9 July 2001
Memorials:	Glenelg and District WW1 & WW2 Honour Board, Hackney St Peter's College Honour Board, St. Peters East Adelaide Public School Roll of Honour

World War 1 Service

31 May 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4927, Enlisted at Keswick, SA
9 Mar 1916:	Involvement Private, 4927, 10th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: RMS Mongolia embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: ''
9 Mar 1916:	Embarked Private, 4927, 10th Infantry Battalion, RMS Mongolia, Adelaide
12 Oct 1916:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 4927, Discharge at 4th Military District medically unfit due to Pneumonia
Date unknown:	Wounded 4927, 10th Infantry Battalion

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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Son of Charles Tucker and Keturah Charlotte (known as Charlotte), (nee Hayward) Tucker of East Terrace Glenelg; brother of Charles McDonald Tucker, Janet Pearl Tucker, Cecilia Lenore Tucker, Patience Isabelle Clyde Tucker, Harold Leslie Tucker, Charles Roy Tucker, Linda Clarice Tucker and Gertrude May Tucker

5 July 1916 - commenced return to Australia on board HS Karoola for discharge

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

On 7 April 1923 Albert married Dorothy May Hammond in the Methodist Manse, Port Augusta, SA. Father of Richard Hayward Tucker

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