James Roland TUCKER

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TUCKER, James Roland

Service Number:	2749
Enlisted:	1 March 1916
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	50th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Adelaide, South Australia, Australia, 14 January 1890
Home Town:	Rose Park, South Australia
Schooling:	East Adelaide Public School, South Australia
Occupation:	Farmer
Died:	Died of wounds, Belgium, 16 October 1917, aged 27 years
Cemetery:	Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery Grave XXI. E. 6. INSCRIPTION IN MEMORY OF THE DEARLY LOVED SON OF MR. & MRS. J.D.P. TUCKER OF ADELAIDE, S.A.,
Memorials:	Burnside District Fallen Soldiers' Memorial - Rose Park, Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Burnside & District - Fallen Soldiers Memorial Trees - Rose Park, Ceduna Denial Bay and Districts WW1 Roll of Honor, Ceduna Murat Bay and District WW1 Honor Roll, Charra Woolshed Hall WW1 Roll of Honour

World War 1 Service

1 Mar 1916:	Enlisted
23 Oct 1916:	Involvement Private, 2749, 50th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '19' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Port Melbourne embarkation_ship_number: A16 public_note: ''
23 Oct 1916:	Embarked Private, 2749, 50th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Port Melbourne, Adelaide

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Biography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon

50th Bn.Australian Infantry, A.I.F.

He was 28 and a son of James Douglas Percy Tucker [1842–1934]and Margaret Tucker, of 146, Grant Avenue, Toorak, Adelaide, South Australia. His father is interred in Payneham Cemetery, Payneham, Norwood Payneham St Peters City, South Australia.

His brother, Private William Charles Tucker, Service Number 1581, fell at Fromelles 19/20 July 1916 and another brother, Lieutenant Francis George Tucker, MC, of the 43 Battalion, survived the war [although severely injured] and returned to Australia in February 1920

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