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Leslie Everard TUCKER

Regimental number2027
Place of birthBlyth, South Australia
SchoolBlyth Public School, South Australia
ReligionPresbyterian
OccupationPainter
AddressBlyth, South Australia
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation23.3
Height5' 5.5"
Weight135 lbs
Next of kinFather, James Tucker, Blyth, South Australia
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date14 January 1915
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll19 January 1915
Place of enlistmentOaklands, South Australia
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name10th Battalion, 5th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/27/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Adelaide, South Australia, on board HMAT A20 Hororata on 20 April 1915
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll10th Battalion
FateDied of wounds 18 November 1915
Age at death from cemetery records24
Place of burialPieta Military Cemetery (Plot D, Row VIII, Grave No. 5), Europe
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
60
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: James and Elizabeth Catherine TUCKER, Blyth, South Australia
Family/military connectionsCousins: 464 Lance Corporal Rupert George TUCKER MM, 3rd Machine Gun Bn, died of wounds, 12 October 1917; 2814 Pte Horace Stewart TUCKER, Machine Gun Bn, died of wounds, 5 May 1917; 1186 Pte Norman Samuel TUCKER, 3rd Field Ambulance, returned to Australia, 3 October 1918.
Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNAA: B2455, TUCKER Leslie Everard

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