TIGHE, Frederick
| Service Numbers: | 3923, 3923A |
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| Enlisted: | 11 August 1915, Enlisted at Brisbane |
| Last Rank: | Lance Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 49th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Inverell, New South Wales, Australia, 1882 |
| Home Town: | Alpha, Barcaldine, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Pozieres, Somme Sector, France, 3 September 1916 |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" No known grave, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Inverell & District Memorial Olympic Pool WW1 Honour Roll, Inverell Bukkulla District Roll of Honour, Inverell War Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France) |
World War 1 Service
| 11 Aug 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3923, 49th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Brisbane | |
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| 31 Jan 1916: | Involvement Private, 3923, 25th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Wandilla embarkation_ship_number: A62 public_note: '' | |
| 31 Jan 1916: | Embarked Private, 3923, 25th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Wandilla, Brisbane | |
| 25 Aug 1916: | Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 49th Infantry Battalion | |
| 3 Sep 1916: | Involvement Lance Corporal, 3923A, 49th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 3923A awm_unit: 49th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Lance Corporal awm_died_date: 1916-09-03 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of Rebecca Tighe of Inverell; brother of Edward Victor Tighe who was killed in action while serving in the 1st Light Horse Regiment on 7 August 1915
Father of Thelma Kathleen Tighe Perry - ex-nuptial child.
Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
19 January 1922 - Base Records to Mrs Rita Amelia Conole, custodian of Thelma Kathleen Tighe, asking if she would be prepared to undertake the care of some of Frederick medals until such time as Thelma was old enough to take care of them herself
14 March 1922 - Rita signed a Statuary Declaration stating that she would hold the medals in trust for Themla adding that she was in fact Thelma's mother
22 May 1922 - Base records wrote to Frederick's mother asking if she had any objection to Frederick's medals being held in trust for his ex-nuptial child
On June 1922 Base Records ruled, that the soldier's medals be divided between his ex-nuptial daughter (to be held in trust for her) and his mother; the latter objected, arguing that she had been designated as next of kin and that her son 'to my knowledge .. never had a daughter. The Victory Medal and Memorial Scroll were given to the daughter, and the British War Medal to the mother.
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