Virtual
War Memorial
Australia

Frederick Clifford Clyde Tuck grew up at 12 Fairford St, Unley in the early 1900s with his mother and father. He was just under the average height for the time  being 5’’6 (171 cm) , Tuck was 5’5’’ (167.6 cm). His occupation was a builder of coaches and carriages.

Private Tuck enlisted into the Army on October 17th 1916 in Adelaide South Australia, at the age of 19 and his service number was 3462. 

Following enlisting, he quickly left for training in Egypt as apart of the second deployment of the 48th Battalion in the newly expansion and re-organised Australian Imperial Force (AIF).

The 48th Battalion fought along the Western Front, including in the Battle of Bullecourt, France (April 1917) and the Battle of Passchendaele, Belgium (October 1917).

The Battle of Bullecourt took place from March 1917, as the Germans withdrew towards the Hindenburg Line and the Battle lead to 435 casualties.

The Battle of Passchendaele began in October 1917 and resulted in the taking of 200 prisons. As result of this, the Germans lauched a counter attack, which lead to 369 men killed or wounded, out of the 621 men involved.

Private Tuck was killed in action on 10th August 1917 in Belgium, but it is unclear which Battle he was killed in. He was 20 years old when he died. Private Tuck was not married and did not have any children.