TULLY, John
| Service Number: | 574 |
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| Enlisted: | 8 February 1916, 7.5 years |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 35th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Liverpool, England, June 1874 |
| Home Town: | Cooks Hill, Newcastle West, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Died: | Suicide, Cook's Hill, New South Wales, Australia, 16 February 1930 |
| Cemetery: |
Sandgate General Cemetery, Newcastle, NSW CATHOLIC 1-20. 37. |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 8 Feb 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 574, 35th Infantry Battalion, 7.5 years | |
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| 1 May 1916: | Involvement Private, 574, 35th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '17' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Benalla embarkation_ship_number: A24 public_note: '' | |
| 1 May 1916: | Embarked Private, 574, 35th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Benalla, Sydney | |
| 28 Nov 1917: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 574, 35th Infantry Battalion, Overage and medically unfit as a result of injury - broken ribs |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Evan Evans
From Gary Mitchell, Sandgate Cemetery
The tragic end for a Returned Digger of The Great War, now resting at Sandgate Cemetery.
92 years ago today, on the Monday afternoon of the 17th February 1930, Private John Tully, 35th Battalion (Reg No-574), miner from 71 Corlette Street, Cooks Hill, New South Wales and Convalescent Home, Moree, N.S.W. and 73 Corlette Street, Cooks Hill, N.S.W., father of four (John Jnr, Andrew, Peter, Hannah), was laid to rest at Sandgate Cemetery, age 56. CATHOLIC 1-20. 37.
Born at Liverpool, United Kingdom about 1874 to Michael and Hannah Tully; husband of Margaret (Marguerite) Tully nee Tyrer (married? died 16.10.1929, sleeping here), John enlisted February 1916 at Newcastle, N.S.W. (age about 42).
Admitted to hospital 6.1.1917 (fractured ribs).
John returned home July 1917, being discharged medically unfit (fractured ribs & overage) on the 28th November 1917.
Mrs. Tully's brother James Tyrer (53rd Battalion, Reg No-3473, died 3.2.1925, also resting at the cemetery - METHODIST 2 (PRIMITIVE) 5 SE. 8.) has been wounded.
Welcomed home and presentation of medal at the Oddfellow's Hall by the Newcastle Mothers' Club.
I have not located Mr. Tully’s name inscribed on any known War Memorial or Roll of Honour.
The tragic circumstances of John’s death were reported. The tragic circumstances of John’s death were reported: Man Found Dead (apparent suicide), Found Dead, hosepipe attached to gas (see TROVE links).
I have placed poppies on John’s brown granite headstone in remembrance of his service and sacrifice for God, King & Country.
Contact with descendants would be greatly appreciated.
Lest We Forget.
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