Regimental number | 119 |
Place of birth | Redfern, Sydney, New South Wales |
School | Kogarah Superior Public School, New South Wales |
Religion | Church of England |
Occupation | Lithographer |
Address | The Esplanade, Brighton Le Sands, New South Wales |
Marital status | Single |
Age at embarkation | 22 |
Next of kin | Father, James Tamsett, The Esplanade, Brighton Le Sands, New South Wales |
Previous military service | 38th Infantry; Served as a Corporal in the 38th Infantry Regiment, Citizen Military Forces. |
Enlistment date | |
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll | |
Rank on enlistment | Private |
Unit name | Machine Gun Company 9 |
AWM Embarkation Roll number | 24/14/1 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A24 Benalla on |
Rank from Nominal Roll | Private |
Unit from Nominal Roll | 3rd Machine Gun Battalion |
Fate | Killed in Action |
Age at death | 21.9 |
Age at death from cemetery records | 21 |
Place of burial | Strand Military Cemetery (Plot II, Row E, Grave No. 13), Ploegsteert, Belgium |
Panel number, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial | 179 |
Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Parents: James Edwin and Frances TAMSETT. Native of Redfern, New South Wales |
Family/military connections | Cousins: 2034 Pte James A. TAMSETT, 4th Bn, died of wounds, 22 July 1915; 3119 Pte Sydney COLBERT, 45th Bn, killed in action, Passchendaele, Belgium, 12 October 1917. |