TIGHE, Eric Frank Willie
| Service Number: | 243 |
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| Enlisted: | 19 September 1914, Enlisted at Enoggera, QLD |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 2nd Light Horse Regiment |
| Born: | Madras, India, 14 November 1892 |
| Home Town: | Brisbane, Brisbane, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Farmer |
| Died: | Sudbury, Suffolk, England, September 1953, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 19 Sep 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 243, 2nd Light Horse Regiment, Enlisted at Enoggera, QLD | |
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| 24 Sep 1914: | Involvement Private, 243, 2nd Light Horse Regiment, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '1' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Star of England embarkation_ship_number: A15 public_note: '' | |
| 24 Sep 1914: | Embarked Private, 243, 2nd Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Star of England, Brisbane | |
| 21 Jul 1920: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 243, 2nd Light Horse Regiment, Discharged having been found guilty of being and illegal absentee from 10 February 1916 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Enlisted in the AIF as Charles William Yates as he was a deserter
Son of Francis Alfred Tighe and Violet Laura Tighe nee Grant of Madras, India.
Next of kin given as E. MacIntosh of Boundary Street, Brisbane, QLD
A letter from the War Office, London, England dated July 1915 referred to Charles stating that he had deserted from the 1st Life Guards Household Cavalry Corps where he served under the name of Eric Frank Willie Tighe, service number 9497. The Commanding Officer of the 1st Life Guards Household Cavalry Corps reported that there wasn't evidence that he was ever part of that unit
Not entitled to any medals