Alfred Francis TUCKER

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Service Number:	2698
Enlisted:	27 May 1915, Enlisted at Keswick, SA
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	50th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Ballarat, Victoria, Australia, 15 May 1888
Home Town:	Millicent, Wattle Range, South Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	LABOURER
Died:	Adelaide, South Australia, 21 November 1951, aged 63 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	West Terrace Cemetery (AIF Section) Section: KO, Road: 20, Site No: 55
Memorials:	Adelaide Commissioner of Public Works Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial

27 May 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2698, Enlisted at Keswick, SA
2 Sep 1915:	Involvement Private, 2698, 10th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Anchises embarkation_ship_number: A68 public_note: ''
2 Sep 1915:	Embarked Private, 2698, 10th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Anchises, Adelaide
26 Feb 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 50th Infantry Battalion, Transferred from the 10th Battalion to the 50th Battalion
16 Aug 1916:	Imprisoned Battle for Pozières , Taken prisoner while wounded. Shrapnel wounds to left leg and side. interned at Reliz Munster Germany
16 Aug 1916:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 2698, 50th Infantry Battalion, Shrapnel wounds to the side and left leg and taken Prisoner of War.
11 Nov 1918:	Involvement Private, 2698, 50th Infantry Battalion
19 Nov 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 2698, 50th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at 4th Military District
Date unknown:	Wounded 2698, 10th Infantry Battalion

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Next of kin given as Emily Matheson of Mount Muirhead, Millicent, SA

12 December 1915 - to hospital with Mumps

6 September 1919 - commenced return to Australia on board HT Euripidies disembarking in 18 October 1919

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

On 4 September 1920 Alfred married Sabina Emma Carter in the Baptist Manse, Adelaide

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