Edward Frederick Victor TYMMS

Regimental number6765A
Place of birthVictoria
SchoolCambridge Street State School, Collingwood, Victoria
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationSoldier
AddressEast Melbourne, Victoria
Marital statusMarried
Age at embarkation28
Next of kinWife, Mrs G Tymms, 86 Sackville Street, Collingwood, Victoria
Enlistment date16 February 1917
Rank on enlistmentSergeant
Unit name23rd Battalion, 20th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/40/5
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A71 Nestor on 21 November 1917
Rank from Nominal RollSergeant
Unit from Nominal Roll23rd Battalion
FateKilled in Action 17 August 1918
Place of death or woundingFrance
Age at death29
Age at death from cemetery records29
Place of burialHeath Cemetery (Plot V, Row F, Grave No. 18), France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
100
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Albert Edward and Agnes Elizabeth TYMMS; husband of Gladys Olivia TYMMS, 86 Sackville Street, Collingwood, Victoria. Native of Victoria
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal