TUCKER, Arthur Cyril
| Service Numbers: | 3282, 3282A |
|---|---|
| Enlisted: | 13 September 1915, 4 years cadets |
| Last Rank: | Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 7th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | South Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, August 1896 |
| Home Town: | Brunswick, Moreland, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Brunswick Central No. 1213, Victoria, Australia |
| Occupation: | Mechanic |
| Died: | Major head wound, Near Courcelette, Pozieres, France, 18 August 1916 |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Australian National Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, France. Id tag recovered from body and returned to family, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, City of Brunswick Honour Roll, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France) |
World War 1 Service
| 13 Sep 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3282, 22nd Infantry Battalion, 4 years cadets | |
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| 26 Nov 1915: | Involvement Private, 3282, 22nd Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '14' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Commonwealth embarkation_ship_number: A73 public_note: '' | |
| 26 Nov 1915: | Embarked Private, 3282, 22nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Commonwealth, Melbourne | |
| 24 Feb 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 7th Infantry Battalion | |
| 22 Mar 1916: | Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, 7th Infantry Battalion | |
| 18 Aug 1916: | Involvement Corporal, 3282A, 7th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 3282A awm_unit: 7 Battalion awm_rank: Corporal awm_died_date: 1916-08-18 |
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From How We Served
The private commemoration for; - 3282 & 3282a Corporal Arthur Cyril Tucker of Brunswick, Victoria, who prior to enlisting for War Service on the 13th of September 1915 had been employed as a mechanic. Arthur was allocated to reinforcements for the 22nd Battalion 1st AIF and embarked for Egypt and further training on the 26th of November.
Following his arrival, Arthur was transferred over to the 7th Battalion on the 24th of February 1916, and with this Unit he was shipped over to France, where they arrived on the 31st of March. In the months following their arrival in the trenches of Northern France Arthur’s Battalion was committed to the fighting to capture Pozieres, and whilst engaged in these operations, Arthur was Killed in Action by shellfire on the 18th of August 1916 at the age of 20.
Arthur's body was located and he received a temporary field burial in an isolated grave near Courcelette, but over the course of the War this site became lost, and as a result Arthur has no actual War Grave. Due to Arthur’s place of burial being unknown, he is instead officially commemorated on the walls of the Australian National Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, France.
Back in Australia Arthur’s grieving parents had their son’s supreme sacrifice made during the ‘Great War’ privately commemorated at the Tucker family’s collective burial site within Melbourne General Cemetery, Victoria.
Note Red Cross files state that his identity disc was sent back to them.
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