friartuck Posted 13 April , 2009 Posted 13 April , 2009 Remembered today, with Gratitude. William Tuck, Private, 759, 41st (Queensland) Battalion, Australian Infantry. Died aged 37 on 13/4/1917. – UK.
River97 Posted 13 April , 2009 Posted 13 April , 2009 William enlisted in Townsville, Queensland, on 30 December 1915 and was allocated to C Company, 41st Battalion AIF. He was a black haired, blue eyed, 35-year-old who stood 5 feet 5 3/4 inches tall and had the religious denomination of a Roman Catholic. He was the son of Henry and Margaret who lived in Flinders, Victoria. The soldier spent 12 days in hospital in August 1916 with a dose of gastro. He was in again in December of the same year and then admitted into Harefield hospital on 23 March 1917. William died of disease at the 1st Australian Auxiliary Hospital, Harefield, England (Amoebic abscess of liver and Empyema) his service records actually say 18 April 1917, however CWGC say 13 April 1917. He was laid to rest on the 18th in the Harefield Churchyard in the Australian sector in grave 20. William was buried with full military honours with the band from the 1st Australian Auxiliary Hospital in attendance and a firing party provided by the Royal Fusiliers. The Last Post was sounded by a bugler from the AIF. Members of the staff and other patients marched as part of the funeral procession and the High Commissioner of Australia sent a floral tribute as well as others from the patients and nursing staff. William was entitled to the British War Medal and Victory Medal. These, and the Memorial plaque and Scroll were issued to his father between 1921 and 1923. So, there you have a little bit of history put together in a short amount of time. It's the least we can do for our highest form of Hero. Rest in Peace soldier boy Cheers Andy.
fortheFallen Posted 13 April , 2009 Posted 13 April , 2009 Rest in peace, William. We will never forget you.
friartuck Posted 13 April , 2009 Author Posted 13 April , 2009 William had a younger brother Henry Thomas Tuck who also enlisted (46th battalion) and was sadly killed in action on 12th August 1916 aged just 20, his body was never identified and so he is remembered on the Villers Bretonneux Memorial, France.
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