TYRRELL, Avery Edal
| Service Number: | 1456 |
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| Enlisted: | 19 June 1916 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 36th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Pokolbin, New South Wales, Australia, May 1891 |
| Home Town: | Pokolbin, Cessnock, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Wine grower |
| Died: | Pokolbin, New South Wales, Australia, 4 June 1956, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
| Memorials: | Pokolbin Public School Memorial Gates, Pokolbin Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 19 Jun 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1456, Light Trench Mortar Batteries | |
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| 25 Oct 1916: | Involvement Private, 1456, Light Trench Mortar Batteries, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '4' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Ascanius embarkation_ship_number: A11 public_note: '' | |
| 25 Oct 1916: | Embarked Private, 1456, Light Trench Mortar Batteries, HMAT Ascanius, Sydney | |
| 6 Feb 1917: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 36th Infantry Battalion | |
| 12 Oct 1917: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 1456, 36th Infantry Battalion, 1st Passchendaele, GSW left leg and foot - a 'Blighty' | |
| 16 Aug 1918: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 1456, 36th Infantry Battalion, MD wounding |
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From: In Remembrance: Hungerford and Associated Families in the Great War 1914-1918
Pte Avery Edal TYRRELL,
Regimental Number: 1456
Unit Name: Light Trench Mortar Battery, Reinforcement 3
Religion: Church of England
Occupation: Wine Grower
Address: 'Ashmans', Pokolbin, NSW
Age of Enlistment: 25 years and 1 month
Enlistment Date and Place: 19 June 1916, Newcastle, NSW
Next of Kin: Mother, Mrs. Susan Tyrrell, 'Ashmans', Pokolbin, NSW
Rank on Enlistment: Private
Embarkation Details: Unit embarked from Sydney, NSW, on board HMAT A11 Ascanius on 25 October 1916.
Rank from Nominal Roll: Private
Unit from Nominal Roll: 36th Battalion
Campaigns Served: Western Front
War Service/Promotions: He arrived in England 29 December 1916. On 11 February 1917, he was transferred from 3rd Ref. L.T.M.B. to 36th Battalion in England. Proceeded overseas to France 25 April 1917. By 20 May 1917 he was marched in from Etaples, France, to Le Havre, France. On 14 September 1917 he was Taken On Strength in the 36th Battalion in France, and then on 12 December 1917, wounded in action with a gunshot wound to left leg in Passchendaele, Belgium. He was moved to France on the 13 October 1917 and then transferred to HM Hospital Ship Grantully Castle, for England on 22 October 1917, being admitted to Queen Mary's Military Hospital, Whalley, Lancashire, England. He remained in England until his return home in April 1918.
Fate: He returned to Australia per HMAT A30 Borda, 5 April 1918. He married Dorothy Ellen Sabina Davey ('Dolly'), 19 April 1920, St Paul's Cathedral, Rockhampton, Qld.
Place of Wounding: Gunshot wound, left leg, Passchendaele, Belgium, 12 October 1917.
Place of Death:
4 June 1956, Pokolbin, NSW
Place of Burial:
Rothbury Anglican Cemetery, Rothbury, NSW
War Memorial/Honour Roll: Pokolbin Community Hall Gates, McDonalds Road, Pokolbin, NSW (was the old Pokolbin School); Cessnock War Memorial, Cessnock, NSW
Medals/Citations: British War Medal; Victory Medal
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