Tucker, Ronald George
SURNAME
Tucker
NAME
Ronald George
PLACE OF BIRTH
Charters Towers, QLD
OCCUPATION
Surveyor
PLACE OF ENLISTMENT
Port Douglas
DATE OF ENLISTMENT
9-01-1915
NEXT OF KIN
Wife, Mrs A C Tucker, London Road, Glasgow, Scotland
LINK TO DOUGLAS SHIRE
Enlisted Port Douglas
REGIMENT 1
Special units
REGIMENT 2
26th Battalion AIF
RANK
Driver
CAMPAIGN 1
Middle East
CAMPAIGN 2
Western Front
DATE DISCHARGED
25-07-1919
OTHER INFORMATION
17th Australian Army Service Corps; 1914/15 Star No.23830; British War Medal No.10691; Victory Medal No.10502
STORY OUTLINE
Ronald George Tucker embarked at Brisbane aboard SS Melbourne A36 on 12-06-1915 and joined the 2nd Australian Division for training in Egypt.
He was transferred to the British Expeditionary Force and disembarked Marseilles on 28-03-1916 from Alexandria, Egypt and was transferred to the 26th Battalion in France.
In and out of hospital April 1916 he was treated by the second Australian Stationary Hospital at Abbeville in the Somme area from the effects of lewisite gas (a variant of mustard gas) on his respiratory system.
He rejoined his unit in August 1916 and returned to Australia on 25-5-1919.
According to their Service Records, both Ronald Tucker and Stanley Ward (whose service numbers were only three apart) enlisted at Port Douglas on the same day, embarked for Egypt on the same ship (Embarkation Records are different ??), were then sent to France on the same ship but were transferred to different battalions.
SERVICE NO
6566
