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George Alex TUFFLEY

Regimental number4549
Place of birthWarwick, Queensland
SchoolTownsville North State School, Queensland
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationMechanic cadet
AddressTownsville, Queensland
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation21
Next of kinFather, Joseph Tuffley, State School, North Townsville, Queensland
Previous military serviceServed as a Sergeant with Thursday Island Papua, as a member of the Expeditionary Force, which left North Queensland in 1914 in S.S. Han
Enlistment date4 October 1915
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll4 November 1915
Rank on enlistmentActing Sergeant
Unit name25th Battalion, 11th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/42/3
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT Star of Victoria on 31 March 1916
Rank from Nominal RollSergeant
Unit from Nominal Roll25th Battalion
FateKilled in Action 29 August 1916
Place of death or woundingPozieres, Somme Sector, France
Age at death21
Age at death from cemetery records21
Place of burialSunken Road Cemetery (Plot I, Row B, Grave No. I), Contalmaison, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
106
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Joseph and Louisa Fielding TUFFLEY, State School, Townsville North, Queensland. Native of Warwick, Queensland
Family/military connectionsNil
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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