William John Irving TATCHELL

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TATCHELL, William John Irving

Service Number:	VX28581
Enlisted:	3 July 1940
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	2nd/6th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Mortlake, Victoria, Australia, 3 January 1910
Home Town:	Dareton, Wentworth, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Storeman
Died:	Injuries, Australia, 9 October 1942, aged 32 years
Cemetery:	Toowong (Brisbane General) Cemetery, Queensland
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Private, VX28581
3 Jul 1940:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, VX28581, 2nd/6th Infantry Battalion

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Biography contributed by Faithe Jones

A storeman before enlisting on 3 July 1940, Pte Tatchell embarked for Palestine with the 6th Reinforcements on 7 April 1941. After service in the Middle East, on 5 March 1942 he embarked at Suez for Australia. On 9 October 1942 he was evacuated to 112 Australian General Hospital in Brisbane with a chest wound, and he died of his injuries that day. A Court of Inquiry found that the wound had been sustained in a fight with American soldiers, and that there was no evidence of misconduct on his part.

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