TUCKER, Harold Lionel
| Service Number: | SX4787 |
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| Enlisted: | 8 June 1940, Wayville, SA |
| Last Rank: | Sergeant |
| Last Unit: | 2nd/43rd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Rose Park, South Australia, 23 October 1915 |
| Home Town: | Adelaide, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Butcher |
| Memorials: |
World War 2 Service
| 8 Jun 1940: | Involvement Sergeant, SX4787, 2nd/43rd Infantry Battalion | |
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| 8 Jun 1940: | Enlisted Private, SX4787, Wayville, SA | |
| 8 Jun 1940: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Sergeant, SX4787, 2nd/43rd Infantry Battalion | |
| 29 Aug 1947: | Discharged Sergeant, SX4787, 2nd/43rd Infantry Battalion | |
| 29 Aug 1947: | Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Sergeant, SX4787, 2nd/43rd Infantry Battalion |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Julianne Ryan
Born: 23 Oct 1915 in Rose Park, Adelaide, South Australia
(SA Births 1907 - 1928, Book : 968 Page : 200 District : Nor.)
Father Lionel Jesse TUCKER and Mother Pearl Florence Sophie Tucker (nee STEWART),
lived at 117a Franklin Street, Port Adelaide
1940 Married: Doreen May Cossons b.1922 - d. 1997
Father in-law HAROLD (Paddy) Cossons b. 11/01/1892 in Beachport, SA
1921 married: Olive Pearl WATSON
(b. 05/08/1903 Kadina - d. 08/04/1943 in Northfield, buried at Kadina)
lived at Kadina and had five children
Harold died 20/07/1979 at Daw Park Repartriation Hospital, Daw Park, SA)
buried in: Centennial Park Cemetery, Pasadena, SA
Derrick Gardens, Path 38, Grave 720B
Harold & Olive's Children:
Laurel Jean Croxton (nee Cossons) b.1921 - d. 2002)
married 1939: Allan CROXTON at Kadina in 1939
Sydney Louis Cossons b. 23/08/1923 in Kadina, SA
22/08/1950 Sydney died at the Daw Park Repatriation Hospital, Daw Park, SA.
He had been buried in Centennial Park Cemetery, Pasadena, SA.
His Interment Right Expired on 25/08/2000
Ronald Clem Cossons b. 1927
1949 married: Violet COLLIVER at Kadina
1950 married: to wife Connie
Valda Mary Adams (nee Cossons) b. 1929 Kadina - d. 1990 Port Pirie, SA
1948 married: James S (Jim) ADAMS, of Solomontown at Kadina
Harold was described on enlisting into WWII as 24 years 8 months of age;
unemployed Butcher; single; 5' 9" tall; medium complexion; blue eyes; brown hair;
Presbyterian
08/06/1940 enlisted into WWII at Wayville, SA
09/11/1940 married Dorren Mary Cossons, lived at 60 Hurtle Square, Adelaide, SA
29/12/1940 served in Middle East
23/05/1942
23/12/1942 promoted to Corporal
11/04/1943 daughter born
08/05/1943 detached to Adelaide for duty
02/06/1943 rejoined unit from Adelaide
03/09/1945 promoted to Sergeant
29/08/1947 discharged from service
Divorced in 1947.
(Dorren re-married in 1950 to Kevin LYNCH in Adelaide (d. 1997)
1987 Harold passed away
Submitted by Julianne T Ryan. 21/04/2017. Lest we forget.
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