TYSON, Jack Alexander Claude Kennedy
| Service Number: | 11902 |
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| Enlisted: | 11 November 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Gunner |
| Last Unit: | 4th Field Artillery Brigade |
| Born: | Corrong Station, Hay, New South Wales, Australia, 23 September 1890 |
| Home Town: | Hay, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Melbourne C of E Grammar School, Victoria, Australia |
| Occupation: | Grazier |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Amiens Railway Station, France, 14 April 1918, aged 27 years |
| Cemetery: |
St. Pierre Cemetery, Amiens, France X B 4, St Pierre Cemetery, Amiens, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Baulkham Hills William Thompson Masonic School War Memorial, Melbourne Grammar School WW1 Fallen Honour Roll, Sydney United Grand Lodge Honour Roll |
World War 1 Service
| 11 Nov 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Gunner, 11902, 4th Field Artillery Brigade | |
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| 28 Jan 1916: | Involvement Gunner, 11902, 4th Field Artillery Brigade, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '3' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Themistocles embarkation_ship_number: A32 public_note: '' | |
| 28 Jan 1916: | Embarked Gunner, 11902, 4th Field Artillery Brigade, HMAT Themistocles, Melbourne |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Sharyn Roberts
Son of Victor Walter Seale and Blanche M A TYSON
JACK ALEXANDER CLAUDE KENNEDY TYSON who was killed in action in France on 14th April 1918 was the son of Mr. W. S. Tyson. He was born in 1890 and was at the School from 1903, when he entered the Prep., until 1909, when he left. He was a member of the football team in his last two years, and a Lieutenant of Cadets.
On leaving School he went to New South Wales, on to his father's station, " Oolambeyan," near Hay, N.S.W., which subsequently became his own property. He was there living in prosperity when war broke out.
He joined the artillery, and had seen a great deal of active service as a member of the 117th Howitzer Battery, in which he was a Gunner. He was later on transferred to the Y.M.C.A. to act as orderly for the duration of the war. On 14th April 1918 he arrived at St. Roche Station, Amiens, from Belgium, and immediately after arrivalhe was killed instantly by a long range shell.
He was buried at St. Pierre Cemetery, Amiens.
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