Frank Henry TYLER

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TYLER, Frank Henry

Service Number:	3274
Enlisted:	24 July 1915, Enlisted at Melbourne
Last Rank:	Sergeant
Last Unit:	58th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Southend-on-Sea, Essex, England, 1884
Home Town:	Auburn, Boroondara, Victoria
Schooling:	London Road Council School, Southend, Essex, England
Occupation:	Signwriter
Died:	Killed in Action, France, 5 July 1918
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" No known grave, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France)

World War 1 Service

24 Jul 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3274, 23rd Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Melbourne
26 Nov 1915:	Involvement Private, 3274, 23rd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '14' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Commonwealth embarkation_ship_number: A73 public_note: ''
26 Nov 1915:	Embarked Private, 3274, 23rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Commonwealth, Melbourne
23 Feb 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 58th Infantry Battalion, Transferred from the 23rd Battalion to the 58th Battalion in the field
4 Mar 1916:	Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, 58th Infantry Battalion, In the field
12 Nov 1916:	Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Sergeant, 58th Infantry Battalion
28 Apr 1917:	Promoted AIF WW1, Sergeant, 58th Infantry Battalion, In the field
5 Jul 1918:	Involvement Sergeant, 3274, 58th Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 3274 awm_unit: 58th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Sergeant awm_died_date: 1918-07-05

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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Arrived in Australia aged 27 years

Address at the time of enlistment was 245 Riversdale Road, Auburn, Vic.

Son of Frank and Emily Tyler of 39 Quebec Avenue, Southend-on-Sea, Essex, England, formerly of 58 High Street, Southend-on-Sea, Essex, England; brother of George William Tyler who was killed on 15 September 1916 while serving with the 17 Filed Ambulance of the Royal Army Medical Corp and has no known grave. Commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial Pier and Fave 4C

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

Aslo served in the English Territorials

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