Leslie Everard TUCKER

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Service Number:	2027
Enlisted:	14 January 1915, Oaklands, South Australia
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	10th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Blyth, South Australia, 28 September 1891
Home Town:	Blyth, Wakefield, South Australia
Schooling:	Blyth Public School, South Australia
Occupation:	Painter
Died:	Died of wounds (received at Gallipoli), St Elmo's Hospital, Malta, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 19 November 1915, aged 24 years
Cemetery:	Pieta Military Cemetery Plot D, Row V111, Grave 5 Chaplain H.B. Dodd officiated Headstone inscription reads: Dearly loved son of Mr. & Mrs. J. Tucker of Blyth, Sth. Australia, Pieta Military Cemetery, Tal-Pieta, Malta (island), Malta, Ari Burnu Cemetery, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey
Memorials:	Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Blyth Boys of the Blyth District WW1 Roll of Honour , Blyth WW1 Memorial, Prospect South Australian Soldiers at Gallipoli Memorial

14 Jan 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Oaklands, South Australia
20 Apr 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2027, 10th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Hororata embarkation_ship_number: A20 public_note: ''
20 Apr 1915:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 2027, 10th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Hororata, Adelaide

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Son of James Tucker and Catherine Elizabeth Tucker nee Smith of Blyth, SA. Brother of Rose Adelaide Tucker and Ethel May Tucker,

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal