Rupert James TILLY

TILLY, Rupert James

Service Number: 29
Enlisted: 19 August 1914, Enlisted at Broadmeadows, Victoria
Last Rank: Trooper
Last Unit: 4th Light Horse Regiment
Born: Fitzroy, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 1888
Home Town: Yarragon, Baw Baw, Victoria
Schooling: University High School Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Occupation: Railway Employee
Died: Wounds, Gallipoli, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 30 November 1915
Cemetery: Ari Burnu Cemetery, Gallipoli
Row J, Grave 6 Rev. Canon H.S. Reid officiated , Ari Burnu Cemetery, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Yarragon War Memorial
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World War 1 Service

19 Aug 1914: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 29, 4th Light Horse Regiment, Enlisted at Broadmeadows, Victoria
19 Oct 1914: Involvement Private, 29, 4th Light Horse Regiment, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '2' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Wiltshire embarkation_ship_number: A18 public_note: ''
19 Oct 1914: Embarked Private, 29, 4th Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Wiltshire, Melbourne
17 Sep 1915: Promoted AIF WW1, Trooper, 4th Light Horse Regiment, In the field
29 Nov 1915: Wounded AIF WW1, Trooper, 29, 4th Light Horse Regiment, ANZAC / Gallipoli, Severe wounds to the back
30 Nov 1915: Involvement Trooper, 29, 4th Light Horse Regiment, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 29 awm_unit: 4 Light Horse Regiment awm_rank: Trooper awm_died_date: 1915-11-30

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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Son of James and Elizabeth Tilly of 'Vilette', 131 Hotham Street, St Kilda East, Victoria. Husband of Edith Jane Tilly of Yarragon, Victoria 

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal