TUCKER, Henry
| Service Number: | V501238 |
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| Enlisted: | 31 August 1942 |
| Last Rank: | Captain |
| Last Unit: | 1st Veterinary Section |
| Born: | Balaclava, Vic., 7 April 1897 |
| Home Town: | Balaclava, Port Phillip, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Veterinary Surgeon |
| Memorials: | Attwood University Veterinary School Honour Roll |
World War 1 Service
| 12 May 1917: | Embarked Captain, 1st Veterinary Section, HMAT Benalla, Melbourne | |
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| 12 May 1917: | Involvement Captain, 1st Veterinary Section, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '24' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Benalla embarkation_ship_number: A24 public_note: '' |
World War 2 Service
| 31 Aug 1942: | Enlisted V501238 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Daryl Jones
Son of Samuel Henry TUCKER, 101 Grosvenor Street, Balaclava, Vic.
Born in Melbourne in 1897, Henry Tucker was appointed a captain in the Australian Army Veterinary Corps, AIF on 16 April 1917. He embarked from Melbourne aboard HMAT A24 Benalla on 12 May and arrived in England on 19 July.
Tucker joined the Australian Veterinary Hospital at Calais, France on 12 August. In November he transferred to the 5th Division Train where he remained caring for the light draught horses in the train for the next year. At the end of the war he transferred to the 13th Field Artillery Brigade. He returned to Australia in May 1919.
Captain Tucker served in the militia between the wars, and again during the Second World War (service number V501238), between August 1942 and November 1945. He was attached to the 2nd Mobile Veterinary Section to 3rd Australian Veterinary Hospital at the Remount Depot at Maribrynong, Victoria.