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TYRER, Ernest
Personal Details
| Service Number: | QX10705 |
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| Enlisted: | 2 July 1940, Maryborough, Qld. |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 2nd/26th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Dululu, Queensland, 5 May 1919 |
| Home Town: | Gayndah, North Burnett, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Farmer |
| Died: | Illness - Tropical Ulcers and Dysentery, Burma, 21 August 1943, aged 24 years |
| Cemetery: |
Thanbyuzayat War Cemetery, (Burma) Plot A5, Row E, Grave 3 |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, Gayndah District Honour Roll, Gayndah War Memorial |
Service History
World War 2 Service
| 3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Private, QX10705 | |
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| 2 Jul 1940: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, QX10705, 2nd/26th Infantry Battalion, Maryborough, Qld. | |
| 21 Aug 1943: | Discharged |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Vicki Owens
Son of Richard Joseph TYRER and Mabel nee ALDRIDGE, of Concord West, New South Wales, Australia
CPL ERNEST TYRER, son of Mr R. Tyrer and the late Mrs Tyrer, formerly of Dululu, but now of Sydney, who died of illness about September 1, 1943. Cpl Tyrer had been a prisoner of war since the fall of
Singapore.
Survived by his father Richard, step mother Florence, half brother James Jackson and sister Mabel.
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