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TANGLEY, Maurice Michael James
| Service Number: | 3718 |
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| Enlisted: | 13 June 1917 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 50th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Port Pirie, South Australia, 1897 |
| Home Town: | Not yet discovered |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Died: | Port Pirie, South Australia, 9 December 1948, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Port Pirie General Cemetery, South Australia CC1, lot 18, grave 2 |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 13 Jun 1917: | Enlisted AIF WW1, 3718, 50th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 4 Aug 1917: | Involvement Private, 3718, 50th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '19' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Themistocles embarkation_ship_number: A32 public_note: '' | |
| 4 Aug 1917: | Embarked Private, 3718, 50th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Themistocles, Melbourne | |
| 21 Sep 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, 3718, 50th Infantry Battalion |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Paul Lemar
Maurice Michael James TANGLEY (Micky) was born to Maurice and Honorah TANGNEY (nee O’CONNELL 1864-1907) in 1897. His parents had married in 1888 in Broken Hill NSW. Hid s father Maurice TANGNEY managed the Gladstone Hotel in Broken Hill. *** It appears he has changed the spelling of TANGNEY to TANGLEY.
Michael TANGLEY had previously been rejected for AIF service due to his height. (date n/k)
Trying again, his enlistment was accepted on 13.06.1917. He was allocated service number 3718 and posted to the 10th reinforcements, 50th Infantry Battalion. The 50th Battalion was an infantry battalion of the Australian Army. It was originally raised in Egypt in early 1916 for service during World War I, drawing a cadre of experienced personnel from the 10th Battalion.
He embarked for overseas service on 04.08.1917 arriving in Scotland then England and sent to France on 16.01.1918. He returned to Australia on 22.08.1919 and was discharged from the AIF on 21.09.1919.
In 1918, the 50th Battalion took part in the battles of the spring offensive and took a decisive role in the battle of Villers-Bretonneux and the Hindenburg Line.