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TYNER, James Michael
| Service Number: | 1184 |
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| Enlisted: | 26 September 1914, HMAT Kyarra, Melbourne |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 3rd Field Ambulance |
| Born: | Mount Gambier, 10 June 1891 |
| Home Town: | Keith, Tatiara, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Sturt Street State School, Glencoe Public School |
| Occupation: | LINEMAN |
| Died: | Natural Causes, Melbourne (visiting), 15 August 1956, aged 65 years |
| Cemetery: |
West Terrace Cemetery (AIF Section) Section: KO, Road: 6, Site No: 62 |
| Memorials: | Adelaide Officers of S.A. Post, Telegraph and Telephone Department Great War Roll of Honor, Adelaide Sturt Street Public School Great War Roll of Honour, Mount Gambier Knight & Cleve Pictorial Honour Rolls |
World War 1 Service
| 26 Sep 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1184, 1st Stationary Hospital (AIF), HMAT Kyarra, Melbourne | |
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| 5 Dec 1914: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 1184, 1st Stationary Hospital (AIF), --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '23' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Kyarra embarkation_ship_number: A55 public_note: '' | |
| 20 Nov 1917: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1184, 3rd Field Ambulance, Third Ypres, Taken on strength 3rd Fd Amb at the very end of the Third Ypres campaign | |
| 26 Jul 1918: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1184, 3rd Field Ambulance, "The Last Hundred Days", Rejoined unit from hospital | |
| 8 Nov 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 1184, 3rd Field Ambulance |
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War service: embarked from Melbourne, 5 December 1914. Proceeded from Alexandria to join the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, Gallipoli, 2 March 1915. Admitted to No. 1 Stationary Hospital, Lemnos, 23 June 1915 (influenza); discharged to duty, 6 July 1915. Admitted to No. 1 General Hospital, Heliopolis, Egypt, 9 July 1915 (influenza); transferred to No. 1 General Hospital, Ras-el-Tin, Alexandria, 13 July 1915; transferred to Lowland Casualty Clearing Station, Mudros, 13 December 1915. Disembarked at Alexandria from Mudros, 29 December 1915; admitted to 1st Stationary Hospital, Ismailia, 20 July 1916; marched into Royal Army Medical Corps Depot, Mustapha, 24 August 1916.
Embarked for United Kingdom from Alexandria, 14 September 1916; marched out to Orchard Convalescent Hospital, Dartford, Kent, 4 October 1916. Marched out to Hospital Transport, 8 February 1917; commenced return to Australia on board HT 'Benalla' (nursing duties), 13 February 1917. Disembarked Melbourne, 10 April 1917; returned to duty, 4th Military District (Adelaide), 1 May 1917.
Re-embarked from Melbourne, 10 May 1917; from Fremantle (after leave), 29 June 1917; disembarked Plymouth, 25 August 1917. Marched out to AAMC Training Depot, No. 2 Camp. Parkhouse, 27 August 1917. Proceeded overseas to France, 27 September 1917; marched in to Australian General Base Depot, Rouelles, 11 October 1917; marched out to 1st Division Army Medical Corps, 24 October 1917. Taken on strength, 3rd Field Ambulance, 20 November 1917. Found guilty, 20 November 1917, of being absent without leave, 9 pm, 19 November, to 6 pm, 20 November 1917: awarded 7 days' field punishment No. 2 and forfeiture of 9 days' pay. To hospital, 22 March 1918 (trench fever); detached to Australian Base Depot Camp Hospital, 26 July 1918. On leave in England, 5 October 1918; rejoined from leave, 26 October 1918. Marched out to United Kingdom, 15 December 1918.
Granted leave for non-military employment with pay and subsistence, 14 March to 14 June 1919, to attend Sub-Engineering Postal, Cardiff, Wales.
Commenced return to Australia on board 'Rugia', 19 July 1919; disembarked in Adelaide, 7 September 1919; discharged in Adelaide, 8 November 1919.
Total war service: 5 years 44 days (of which 4 years 248 days were abroad)
Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
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