TUCKER, Ethelbert
A Southern Downs Veteran
CONFLICT : WWI
SERVICE NO : 231
RANK : Private
UNIT : 11th Light Trench Mortar Battery
ENLISTMENT DATE : 6/10/1915
AGE : 31
PLACE OF ENLISTMENT : Toowoomba, Queensland
PLACE OF BIRTH : Freestone, Queensland
RELIGION : Church of England
OCCUPATION : Butcher
DATE OF DEATH : 5/04/1917
PLACE OF BURIAL : Polegsteert, Belgium
MEMORIALS : 2023 Freestone WWI Honour Board, Freestone WWI Honour Board, Warwick War Memorial, St Mark’s Anglican Church Honour Board, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour
View this person’s Service File : Ethelbert TUCKER
NOTES : Ethelbert was known as Bert. He was killed in action. His brother was Reginald Tucker 1364 and 7330. Parents John Henry and Ellen Sophia Tucker (nee Brightwell) lived at Freestone.
Read about Southern Downs Military History here.
Respectfully remembered and honoured through a Department of Veterans’ Affairs QLD Grant.
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