TICKNER, Charles Lewis
| Service Number: | 12 |
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| Enlisted: | 17 August 1914, Enlisted at Randwick, NSW |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 4th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Carrickfergus, Ireland, 5 February 1882 |
| Home Town: | Sydney, City of Sydney, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Telegraph Operator, Tram Conductor |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Turkey, 6 August 1915, aged 33 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Haymarket NSW Government Railway and Tramway Honour Board, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing |
World War 1 Service
| 17 Aug 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 12, 4th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Randwick, NSW | |
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| 20 Oct 1914: | Involvement Private, 12, 4th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Euripides embarkation_ship_number: A14 public_note: Name incorrectly recorded on original roll as "Lewis Charles Tickner" | |
| 20 Oct 1914: | Embarked Private, 12, 4th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Euripides, Sydney |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Next of kin given as his sister Carol T. Berridge nee Tickner of 1 Alipore Street, Calcutta, India
Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Previously served in the Militia
Biography contributed by John Oakes
Charles Lewis TICKNER (Service Number 12) was born of 5th February 1882 at Carrickfergus, Ireland. He joined the Traffic Branch of the NSW Tramways as a casual conductor in Sydney on 3rd March 1914. He was released from duty to join the Expeditionary Forces on 21st August 1914, almost immediately after the outbreak of the War.
Tickner enlisted at Randwick that same day and described his ‘trade or calling’ as ‘telegraph operator’, thus suggesting that his work as a tram conductor was just a fill-in job. He was not married, and his parents were apparently dead. He nominated his sister, Mrs Carol Berridge of Calcutta, India, as his next of kin. Her relationship to him was not specified. He also cited some military experience in the ‘Colonial Forces’.
At this early stage of the war he was allotted simply to the 4th Battalion as the concept of the consecutive waves of Reinforcements to the battalions already at the front had not arisen. Utilising his skills as a telegraph operator, he was assigned to the Signalling Section. He embarked HMAT ‘Euripides’ at Sydney on 20th October 1914. Once in Egypt on 1st January 1915 he was transferred to Headquarters as a signaller.
On 5th April he embarked ‘Lake Michigan’ to join the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force for the landings at Gallipoli and presumably went ashore on Anzac Day, 25th April. On 6th - 9th August – the Battle of Lone Pine – he was reported missing. A Court of Enquiry held at Flairbax, France, on 22nd April 1916, eight months later, determined that he had in fact been killed in action during those days in August. His body was never recovered. He has no known grave and is remembered on the, Lone Pine Memorial above Anzac Cove at Gallipoli.
For the distribution of service medals and other mementoes, which had to be distributed to blood relations, the military authorities sought to establish the relationship with Mrs Berridge It was found that she was Tickner’s sister, and thus eligible to receive the items.It seemed that Tickner had had five sisters, four of whom lived in India.
- based on the Australian War Memorial Honour Roll and notes for the Great sSydney Central Station Honour Board.