TAPLEY, Ian Hamilton Bowman
| Service Number: | 10235 |
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| Enlisted: | 21 April 1942 |
| Last Rank: | Able Seaman |
| Last Unit: | Merchant Navy |
| Born: | Port Lincoln, South Australia , 22 June 1901 |
| Home Town: | St Peters (SA), Norwood Payneham St Peters, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Advertising Manager Shell Oil Company |
| Died: | 16 April 1992, aged 90 years, cause of death not yet discovered, place of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Centennial Park Cemetery, South Australia Columbarium, Wall 10, Niche F010 |
| Memorials: | Municipality of St Peters Citizens Who Have Enlisted Roll of Honour |
World War 2 Service
| 21 Apr 1942: | Enlisted Merchant Navy, Able Seaman , 10235, Merchant Navy | |
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| 26 Jan 1944: | Discharged Merchant Navy, Able Seaman , Merchant Navy |
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Source Australian Birth Index
Name Ian Hamilton Bowman Tapley
Birth Date 22 Jun. 1901
Birth Place Port Lincoln
Registration Place Flinders, South Australia, Australia
Father Robert Richard Tapley
Mother Phoebe Annie Wood
Page number 116
Volume Number 680
In 1927 he married Beryl Price WEIR, the daughter of Col Stanley Price Weir. Tapley worked for the Shell Oil Co as Advertising Manager in the 1930s.
It seems that Ian & Beryl lived in the Weir home at 68 Second Ave St Peters. Following S P Weir’s death in 1944 the property was transferred to Beryl and Ian Tapley and they lived there until 1958.
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