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Ernest Walter TANGEY

Regimental number2422
Place of birthBowen Vale, Victoria
SchoolBowen Vale State School, Victoria
ReligionMethodist
OccupationRubber worker
AddressMaryborough, Victoria
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation21
Next of kinFather, John Tangey, Timor via Maryborough, Victoria
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date10 July 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name21st Battalion, 5th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/38/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board RMS Osterley on 29 September 1915
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll21st Battalion
FateKilled in Action 29 July 1916
Place of death or woundingPozieres, Somme Sector, France
Age at death22
Age at death from cemetery records22
Place of burialPozieres British Cemetery (Plot I, Row G, Grave No. 46), Ovillers-La-Boisselle, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
95
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: John Morgan and Eilen Loddon TANGEY, 18 Albert Street, Yarraville, Victoria. Native of Bowenvale, Victoria

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