TIGHT, Michael George
| Service Number: | 6107 |
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| Enlisted: | 1 March 1916, RAS Showground, Sydney |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 3rd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Glebe, Sydney, New South Wales, 1895 |
| Home Town: | Mascot, Botany Bay, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Marist Brothers St Benedicts |
| Occupation: | Motor Driver |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, 23 August 1918 |
| Cemetery: |
Heath Cemetery, Picardie, France Plot III, Row A, Grave 19, Heath Cemetery, Harbonnieres, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Anthony Hordern & Sons Ltd. Pictorial HR, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Mascot War Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 1 Mar 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 6107, 3rd Infantry Battalion, RAS Showground, Sydney | |
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| 22 Aug 1916: | Involvement Private, 6107, 3rd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Wiltshire embarkation_ship_number: A18 public_note: '' | |
| 22 Aug 1916: | Embarked Private, 6107, 3rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Wiltshire, Sydney | |
| 23 Aug 1918: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 6107, 3rd Infantry Battalion |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Elizabeth Allen
Michael George TIGHT was born in 1895 in Glebe, Sydney
His parents were Patrick William TIGHT and Bridget ROACH who married in Sydney in 1887
He had previously served for 3 years in the CMF (24th Militia) before he enlisted at the RAS Showground in Sydney on 1st March, 1916 and embarked as a Private with the 3rd Infantry Battalion, A Compnay 19th Reinforcements on the ship HMAT Wiltshire from Sydney on 22nd August, 1916
Michael was Killed in Action in France on 23rd August, 1918 and was buried nearby - later reburied at Heath Cemetery in France
Inscription of his headstone reads:
'SACRED HEART OF JESUS HAVE MERCY ON HIM, AMEN '
Medals: British War Medal & Victory Medal
His name is memorialised on the Australian War Memorial & an Honour Board in Anthony Horderns store in Sydney
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From the Australian War Memorial - information attached to his portrait
Studio portrait of 6107, Private Michael George Tight, 3rd Battalion of Mascot, NSW.
Private Tight enlisted in the AIF following earlier service with the Citizens Forces.
He was Killed in Action at Proyart, France on 23rd August, 1918
Prior to his enlistment he was a motor driver with Anthony Hordern.
His portrait is one of a number displayed on a photo montage Honour Board made for the department store Anthony Hordern & Sons Ltd.Sydney by the returned soldier & sailor employees of the Company
It commemorated 46 of the Companies 48 employees who died as a result of their service in the First World War
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