TUCKER, Roy Norman
| Service Number: | 1586 |
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| Enlisted: | 15 April 1915, Liverpool, New South Wales |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 4th Machine Gun Battalion |
| Born: | Sydney, New South Wales, June 1899 |
| Home Town: | Bonnyrigg, Fairfield, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Kogarah Public School |
| Occupation: | Publisher's apprentice |
| Died: | Natural causes, Newcastle, New South Wales, 4 December 1938 |
| Cemetery: |
Rookwood Cemetery & Crematorium Area Zone C, Sect. 10, Grave No. 2909 |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 15 Apr 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1586, Liverpool, New South Wales | |
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| 12 May 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1586, 18th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Themistocles embarkation_ship_number: A32 public_note: '' | |
| 12 May 1915: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 1586, 18th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Themistocles, Sydney | |
| 1 Aug 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1586, 18th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli | |
| 7 Aug 1915: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 1586, 18th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, Shell wound (right knee) | |
| 11 Apr 1918: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 4th Machine Gun Battalion | |
| 30 Jul 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 1586, 4th Machine Gun Battalion |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Paul Trevor
'16-YEAR-OLD SOLDIER.
Private Tucker, who has been wounded In the knee, and is now In hospital at Heliopolis, is only two months over 16 years of age. As soon as war broke out he was anxious to go to the front, but because of his youth — he was then 15 years or age — his parents withheld consent, but promised to glve the matter consideration later on. "So, at the age of 15 years and 10 months," writes his mother, "he was successful, and proudly came home, after his night's work, and showed me his vaccinated arm. The great determination and pride which he displayed reconciled us. He received his wound just four months after he enlisted. I am sending along the boy's photo, in the hope that its publication might serve as a pattern to others." Private Tucker, at the time of enlistment, was employed at "The Daily Telegraph" office.' from The Daily Telegraph 4 Sep 1915 (nla.gov.au)
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