TIGHE, Arthur Summerville

TIGHE, Arthur Summerville – A Southern Downs Veteran

CONFLICT : WWI
SERVICE NO : 3449
RANK : Private
UNIT : 15th Battalion
ENLISTMENT DATE : 23/07/1915
AGE : 24
PLACE OF ENLISTMENT : Toowoomba, Queensland
PLACE OF BIRTH : Coomera, Queensland
RELIGION : Church of England
OCCUPATION : Railway Lengthsman
DATE OF DEATH : 27/10/1936
PLACE OF BURIAL : Bandon, New South Wales

MEMORIALS : Yelarbon War Memorial, Yelarbon Roll of Honour, Warwick and District Railway Honour Board 1914-1918, Warwick and Glengallan Shire Roll of Honor, Toowoomba Queensland Railways Employees Roll of Honour, Rosewood Shire Council Roll of Honor, Grandchester Roll of Honour

View Veteran’s Service File : TIGHE, Arthur Summerville

NOTES :  Arthur was the son of Robert and Sarah Tighe of Coomera. He worked for the Queensland Railway Department as a lengthsman. His job was to ensure trains could safely travel along the piece of track which he was in charge of carrying out maintenance on.

At the time of his enlistment in Toowoomba on 23 July 1915, he was a single 24-year-old man and he listed his widowed mother, Sarah Tighe as his next of kin. Records in his service do not identify the ship he sailed on but during the course of his service, however he was stationed in England, Egypt and France.

The Daily Standard dated Wednesday 22 January 1919, listed 3449, A. S. Tight, 15th Btn., Toowoomba among those listed a coming home.

Two of his brothers also served during the First World War. Private Alfred Tighe 502 KIA 8 October 1915 Gallipoli and Private Ernest Edward Tighe 471.

Upon his return, Arthur married Gertrude Alice Bigg in 1920 at Parramatta, New South Wales. They lived at Allora for a time before moving to Mayfield in New South Wales.

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