Donald Gilbert TUCKER

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Service Numbers:	VX129391 (V36745), PM2573, VX129391
Enlisted:	6 November 1939
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	39 Infantry Battalion AMF
Born:	St Kilda, Victoria, Australia, 28 November 1919
Home Town:	Prahran, Stonnington, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Not yet discovered
Died:	Died of wounds, Papua New Guinea, 18 June 1942, aged 22 years
Cemetery:	Port Moresby (Bomana) War Cemetery, Papua New Guinea (CWGC) Official Commemoration - Grave Location: B1. A. 15. Roll of Honour: Prahran, Victoria., Port Moresby (Bomana) War Cemetery, Bomana, Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Australian Army (Post WW2), Private, VX129391 (V36745)
6 Nov 1939:	Enlisted Royal Australian Navy, Seaman, PM2573
17 Apr 1940:	Involvement Private, VX129391 (V36745), 39 Infantry Battalion AMF, Battle of Rabaul
17 Apr 1940:	Enlisted Private, VX129391 (V36745), 39 Infantry Battalion AMF, Prahran, VIC, Australia
17 Apr 1940:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, VX129391, 39 Infantry Battalion AMF

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Son of Ernest John TUCKER & Grace (nee HALL) TUCKER; husband of Hazel Jane (nee BIDEY) TUCKER, of Prahran, Victoria, Australia.