TUCK, Percy Charles
| Service Numbers: | 10228, 10328 |
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| Enlisted: | 16 August 1915, Melbourne, Vic. |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | Army Medical Corps (AIF) |
| Born: | Benidgo, Victoria, Australia, 14 August 1892 |
| Home Town: | Balaclava, Port Phillip, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | School Teacher |
| Died: | Elwood, Victoria, Australia, 4 February 1987, aged 94 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Brighton General Cemetery, Victoria Baptist E 38 |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 16 Aug 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 10228, Army Medical Corps (AIF), Melbourne, Vic. | |
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| 4 Apr 1916: | Involvement Private, 10328, Army Medical Corps (AIF), --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '23' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Euripides embarkation_ship_number: A14 public_note: '' | |
| 4 Apr 1916: | Embarked Private, 10328, Army Medical Corps (AIF), HMAT Euripides, Melbourne |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Percy Charles Tuck (Reg No. 10328) was born 14th Aug 1892 in St Arnaud near Bendigo, the second son of Ernest Henry Tuck a coachbuilder and his wife Martha. In 1910 at the age of 18 he was appointed a Probational Teacher 3rd Class at St Arnaud State School before being transferred on 10th Aug 1911 to King Street Primary School in West Melbourne – as a teacher 2nd Class. He was appointed to Teacher 1st Class April 1912. Percy transferred to the Allambee Hall School on 28th September 1913, and remained there until the time of his enlistment in the Army Medical Corp on 16th August 1915. He was placed on leave by the Education Department to serve with the AIF from 1/9/1915 to 3/7/1919.
When Percy enlisted he was described as 5’6”, blue eyes and light brown hair. Following initial training he embarked from Melbourne on the Euripides on 4th April 1916 and on 31st July joined the 15th Field Ambulance. Percy returned to Australia on the Anchises and was discharged on the 17th April 1919.
Upon his return he resumed teaching at Brunswick West Primary School – Assistant on 2nd July 1919 before transferring to Torquay Primary school 20th September 1919. His Teacher Record of June 1921 would appear to indicate that he had lost his enthusiasm for teaching and he resigned as a Teacher in March 1922, taking up a new vocation, that of a gardener, living and working in the St Kilda/Elwood area.
In 1927 he married Jeannie Mackie and they went on to have a family of 6 children. Percy died February 1987 in Elwood.
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