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Personal data

• Name TUCKER
• Initials JR
• First name JAMES ROLAND
• Place of birth Adelaide
• Country South Australia, Australia
• Last residence Rose Park, South Australia
• Family Son of James Douglas Percy and Margaret Tucker, of 146, Grant Avenue, Toorak, Adelaide, South Australia; a brother, JG Tucker, was Lieutenant with AIF 43rd Bn; another brother, William Charles, private with 32nd Bn, was KIA 20 July 1916
• Profession Farmer

Military service

• Place & date of enlistment Adelaide, 26 April 1916
• Service number 2749
• Rank Private
• Medals 1914-15 Star Medal, British War Medal, Victory Medal
• Regiment and unit 50th Bn. Australian Infantry
• Division - Brigade 13th Brigade
• Army - Corps - Division 4th Australian Division
• National force A.I.F.
• Other data related to military career Embarked 23 October 1916, Adelaide; to France April 1917; shrapnel wounds thigh, August 1917; rejoined unit 7 October 1917

Death

• Wounded 16 October
• Type of wounds Died of multiple shell wounds skull, in n°17 CCS at 6 pm
• Date of death 16 October 1917
• Died at the age of 28
• Grave reference Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery XXI - E - 6

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