TINNEY, Harry Gordon
| Service Number: | 2072 |
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| Enlisted: | 13 August 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 1st Division Cyclist Company |
| Born: | Bungaree, Victoria, Australia, 12 February 1897 |
| Home Town: | Dean, Hepburn, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | School teacher |
| Died: | Ballarat, Victoria, Australia, 12 February 1979, aged 82 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Ballarat New Cemetery and Crematorium, Victoria Private B, Section 1, Grave 3 |
| Memorials: | Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, Dean State School No 87 Honour Roll |
World War 1 Service
| 13 Aug 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2072, 4th Light Horse Regiment | |
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| 28 Jan 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2072, 4th Light Horse Regiment, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '2' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Themistocles embarkation_ship_number: A32 public_note: '' | |
| 28 Jan 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 2072, 4th Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Themistocles, Melbourne | |
| 20 Mar 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 1st Division Cyclist Company | |
| 16 Mar 1917: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 2072, 1st Division Cyclist Company, Transferred to the Royal Flying Corps with rank of 2nd Lieutenant | |
| 13 Aug 1917: | Imprisoned Third Ypres, POW Germany |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Stephen Brooks
2nd Lt. Harry Gordon Tinney RFC was lost on 13th August 1917 in a SPAD 7 of 23rd Squadron - a fighter unit. He left on patrol - likely to be low bombing or an offensive patrol - at 9am and was seen going down in a spin near Langemarck before flattening out and going south, to be subsequently captured by the Germans. The 23rd Squadron was being hit hard at this time - he was the fourth captured or killed pilot in the previous five days. Tinney hailed from Dean near Ballarat, Victoria, had enlisted at only 18 years of age and had previously served with the Australian Cycling Corps in France. He was repatriated to England and left there for return to Australia in May 1919.
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