Victor George TUGWELL

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Service Number:	352
Enlisted:	26 August 1914, Enlisted at Morphettville Racecourse SA Australia
Last Rank:	Trooper
Last Unit:	3rd Light Horse Regiment
Born:	Encounter Bay South Australia Australia, 4 February 1889
Home Town:	Port Elliot, Alexandrina, South Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Gardener
Died:	Heart attack, Victor Harbor Nursing Home, 3 June 1985, aged 96 years
Cemetery:	Not yet discovered
Memorials:	Port Elliot Institute Roll of Honor, Victor Harbor WW1 Roll of Honour

26 Aug 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 352, Enlisted at Morphettville Racecourse SA Australia
22 Oct 1914:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 352, 3rd Light Horse Regiment, ANZAC / Gallipoli, embarkation_roll: roll_number: 1 embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Port Lincoln embarkation_ship_number: A17 public_note:
22 Oct 1914:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 352, 3rd Light Horse Regiment
2 Jun 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Trooper, 352, Discharged 4 Military District

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31 Auguat 1915 - Wounded in action, gusnhot wound in the forearm

8 September 1915 - Admitted to hospital at Mudros, gunshot wound to the forearm

28 January 1919 - Returned to Australia on board Argyllshire

Medals: 1914-15 Star 1295, British War Medal 631, Victory Medal 632

Also servred in the militia Light Hrse 1907-14

9 February 1921 - Married Evelyn Vera Elizabeth Martin at the residence of the bride's father, Herbert Thomas Martin, Inman Valley SA

RSL Information

30 Jnauary 1919 - Joined Port Eliot Sub Branch

17 January 1922 - Transferred to Strathalbyn Sub Branch

Residential address was Langhornes Creek