TYRER, James
| Service Number: | 3473 |
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| Enlisted: | 9 January 1917 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 53rd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Wigan, Lancashire, England, September 1877 |
| Home Town: | Cooks Hill, Newcastle West, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Blacksmiths Striker |
| Died: | Health issues including diabetes, related to war service, Cooks Hill, New South Wales, Australia, 3 February 1925 |
| Cemetery: |
Sandgate General Cemetery, Newcastle, NSW METHODIST 2 (PRIMITIVE) 5 SE. 8. |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 9 Jan 1917: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3473, 53rd Infantry Battalion | |
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| 24 Jan 1917: | Involvement Private, 3473, 53rd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '19' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Anchises embarkation_ship_number: A68 public_note: '' | |
| 24 Jan 1917: | Embarked Private, 3473, 53rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Anchises, Sydney | |
| 26 Sep 1917: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 3473, 53rd Infantry Battalion, Polygon Wood, GSW or SW neck, or GSW left shoulder, severe | |
| 13 Jul 1918: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 3473, 53rd Infantry Battalion, 2nd MD, wounded |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Evan Evans
From Gary Mitchell, Sandgate Cemetery
Served and suffered during The Great War, now resting at Sandgate Cemetery.
97 years ago today, on the Wednesday afternoon of the 4th February 1925, Private James Tyrer, 53rd Battalion (Reg No-3473), blacksmith's striker (Honeysuckle Point Railway Workshops), widower from 71 Corlette Street, Cooks Hill, New South Wales, and "Clarkstan", 2 Dawson Street, Cooks Hill, N.S.W., was laid to rest at Sandgate Cemetery, age 47. METHODIST 2 (PRIMITIVE) 5 SE. 8.
Born at Wigan, Lancashire, England about 1877 to ? and Ellen Tyrer; husband of Agnes Tyrer nee Clarke (married 1920, Katoomba, N.S.W., died 1972?), James enlisted January 1917 at Newcastle, N.S.W.
Wounded in action - 26.9.1917 (GSW or SW neck, or GSW left shoulder, severe, Ypres, France).
James returned home June 1918, being discharged medically unfit (arterio neurosis - tissue death of an artery) on the 13th July 1918.
Mr. Tyrer’s name has been inscribed on the Honeysuckle Point Railway Workshops Roll of Honour (photo, unveiled on the 25th May 1915, 10 names originally inscribed, 44 names now inscribed, 5 Fallen), Newcastle (Loyal Victoria Lodge No-2) I.O.O.F. and the Newcastle Central Methodist Mission Roll of Honor.
There is no indication inscribed on Edward’s headstone plaque of his service with the 1st A.I.F., so I have placed poppies and a 1914-1918 WAR label in remembrance of his sacrifice for God, King & Country.
Contact with descendants would be greatly appreciated.
Lest We Forget.
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