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TAMBLYN, William Keith
| Service Number: | 2455 |
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| Enlisted: | 31 March 1915, Keswick, South Australia |
| Last Rank: | Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 50th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Woodside, South Australia, 9 December 1892 |
| Home Town: | Renmark, Renmark Paringa, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Agriculturalist |
| Died: | Natural causes, Renmark, South Australia, 5 April 1990, aged 97 years |
| Cemetery: |
Renmark Cemetery, S.A. |
| Memorials: | Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, Men from Renmark and District Roll of Honor Boards (4), Oakbank Old Scholars Roll of Honor, Roseworthy Agricultural College Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 31 Mar 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2455, Keswick, South Australia | |
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| 23 Jun 1915: | Involvement Private, 2455, 10th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Kanowna embarkation_ship_number: A61 public_note: '' | |
| 23 Jun 1915: | Embarked Private, 2455, 10th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Kanowna, Adelaide | |
| 11 Nov 1918: | Involvement Corporal, 2455, 50th Infantry Battalion | |
| 25 Jun 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Corporal, 2455, 50th Infantry Battalion |
World War 2 Service
| 17 Apr 1942: | Enlisted Renmark, SA |
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World War 1 Service
| Date unknown: | Wounded 2455, 50th Infantry Battalion |
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William Keith Tamblyn
Name: William Keith Tamblyn
Service Number: 2455
Place of Birth: Woodside
Date of Birth: 9 December 1892
Place of Enlistment: Keswick
Date of Enlistment: 31 March 1915
Age at Enlistment: 22 years 4 months
Next of Kin: Mother, Adeline Amelia Tamblyn
Occupation: Agriculturist
Religion: Church of England
Rank: Lance Corporal
William left Adelaide on HMAT A 61 Kanowna on 23 June 1915 bound for Gallipoli where he fought until the evacuation. He then served in Egypt prior to transferring from the 10th Battalion to the 50th and being sent to France on 12 March 1916. William was promoted to the rank of Lance Corporal on 5 April and made Corporal on 10 October. Initially reported as missing on 2 April 1917, it was later confirmed that he had been wounded and taken prisoner of war at Noreiul by the Germans. William was interred at Gefangenenlager, Limburg in Germany.
In a Red Cross file H.J. Frankiln of the 50th Battalion stated on 7 June 1917, “I saw all the above men Cpl W.K. Tamblyn, Cpl H.A. Haythorne, Lt M.Gore and H.L. Bowen being taken prisoners by the Germans. We could see them being marched off during the stunt at Bapaume on April 2nd 1917.” At the war’s end William was repatriated from Germany to Ripon, England on 23 November 1918 and returned home to Australia on the Nevasa on 25 June 1919.
Submitted 26 October 2023 by christopher collins
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