Herbert Stanley TUCKFIELD

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TUCKFIELD, Herbert Stanley

Service Number:	2220
Enlisted:	6 September 1915
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	4th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Hawthorn, Victoria, Australia, 1889
Home Town:	Jindivick, Baw Baw, Victoria
Schooling:	Camberwell Grammar School, Victoria, Australia
Occupation:	Farmer
Died:	Killed in Action, France, 15 April 1917
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God"
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Jindivick War Memorial , Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France)

World War 1 Service

6 Sep 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2220, 4th Light Horse Regiment
9 Mar 1916:	Involvement Private, 2220, 4th Light Horse Regiment, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '2' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Katuna embarkation_ship_number: A13 public_note: ''
9 Mar 1916:	Embarked Private, 2220, 4th Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Katuna, Melbourne
15 Apr 1917:	Involvement Private, 2220, 4th Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 2220 awm_unit: 4th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1917-04-15

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Biography contributed by Stephen Brooks

The son of Herbert Edward and Hannah Tuckfield, 17 York Street, St. Kilda, Victoria, Herbert gave his place of association as Jindivick, Victoria.

He was killed in action counter attacking during the German attack at Lagnicourt.

His only brother 1119 Pte Frederick Norman Tuckfield, 7th Light Horse Regiment, returned to Australia, 28 January 1916. He was wounded in the forehead by shrapnel at Gallipoli, resulting in the loss of his left eye.

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