TATCHELL, William John Irving
Service Number: | VX28581 |
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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 PLOT Portion 10. Sec. 84. Grave 12. |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 2 Service
3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Private, VX28581 | |
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3 Jul 1940: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, VX28581, 2nd/6th Infantry Battalion |
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Add my storyBiography 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.