John died at age 25 on 14 November 1918 at the 3rd General Hospital, Abbeville, Picardie, France, from broncho-pneumonia.
He was buried in the Abbeville Communal Cemetery Extension Plot 5, Row C, No 29.
His name is on panel 103 on the Roll of Honour at the Australian War Memorial in Canberra.
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| Private John William Tuck - Abbeville |
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| Panel 103 Australian War Memorial |
Private Henry Thomas TUCK (younger brother to John William TUCK) was born on 11 October 1896 in Flinders, Victoria also to Thomas TUCK and Elizabeth HADDOW. A farmer, he enlisted at age 18 years 9 months in Melbourne to serve in the 4th Infantry Brigade, 14th Infantry Battalion, 12th reinforcements. Henry was killed in action at age 19 on 11 August 1916 in France.
His name is on the Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, at Picardie, France.
His name is on panel 142 on the Roll of Honour at the Australian War Memorial in Canberra.
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| Private Henry Thomas Tuck - Villers-Bretonneux |
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| Panel 142 Australian War Memorial |
Private William TUCK (cousin to John and Henry) was born 17 December 1880 in Flinders, Victoria to Henry TUCK and Margaret DOWLING. He enlisted at age 35 in Townsville, Queensland into the 11th Infantry Brigade, 41st Infantry Battalion, "C" Company. William died at age 37 on 18 April 1917 at the 1st Australian Auxiliary Hospital, Harefield, Middlesex, England of an amoebic abscess to the liver and empyema.
He was buried the same day in the Australian section of the Harefield, Hillingdon churchyard, grave 18 or 20.
His name is on panel 134 on the Roll of Honour at the Australian War Memorial in Canberra.
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| Private William Tuck - Hillingdon churchyard |
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| Panel 134 Australian War Memorial |
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| Placing a poppy in Canberra 2015 |
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| Australian War Memorial, Canberra |
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| Memorial to the local fallen at Flinders, Victoria |
They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old:
Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn.
At the going down of the sun and in the morning,
We will remember them.
Lest we forget.
Hi, I've just been researching these three Tuck boys and agree with what you have posted about them. Henry Thomas was actually killed during the battle for Pozieres which was a horrendous battle. It was centred around the windmill site and I noticed online that the Tuck family had "The Windmill Paddocks" at Flinders. What a coincidence.
ReplyDeleteI am sorry for your loss of 3 fine young men.
Craig Tilley
ctilley2@hotmail.com
Henry Thomas Tuck was a brother of William and a cousin of John William.
ReplyDeleteTHE BIRTH AND SERVICE RECORDS OF HENRY THOMAS TUCK.
Event:births, Registration number 27829 / 1896
Family name: TUCK, Given name(s) Hy Thos
Place of event: FLINDERS, Australia
Personal detail
Mother's name , Margt
Mother's family name at birth DOWLING
Father's Name: , Hy
("UNKNOWN" SEEMS A BIT STUPID, DOESN'T IT!)
Henry Thomas TUCK
Regimental number 3937
Place of birth Flinders, Victoria
School Flinders State School, Victoria
Religion Roman Catholic
Occupation Farmer
Address Flinders, Victoria
Marital status Single
Age at embarkation 18
Next of kin Father, Henry Tuck, Flinders, Victoria
Previous military service Nil
Enlistment date 27 July 1915
Rank on enlistment Private
Unit name 14th Battalion, 12th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number 23/31/3
Embarkation details Unit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A40 Ceramic on 23 November 1915
Rank from Nominal Roll Private
Unit from Nominal Roll 46th Battalion
Fate Killed in Action 11 August 1916
Place of death or wounding France
Age at death 19.10
Age at death from cemetery records 19
Place of burial No known grave
Commemoration details Australian National Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, France
Villers-Bretonneux is a village about 15 km east of Amiens. The Memorial stands on the high ground ('Hill 104') behind the Villers-Bretonneux Military Cemetery, Fouilloy, which is about 2 km north of Villers-Bretonneux on the east side of the road to Fouilloy.
The Australian National Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux is approached through the Military Cemetery, at the end of which is an open grass lawn which leads into a three-sided court. The two pavilions on the left and right are linked by the north and south walls to the back (east) wall, from which rises the focal point of the Memorial, a 105 foot tall tower, of fine ashlar. A staircase leads to an observation platform, 64 feet above the ground, from which further staircases lead to an observation room. This room contains a circular stone tablet with bronze pointers indicating the Somme villages whose names have become synonymous with battles of the Great War; other battle fields in France and Belgium in which Australians fought; and far beyond, Gallipoli and Canberra.
On the three walls, which are faced with Portland stone, are the names of 10,885 Australians who were killed in France and who have no known grave. The 'blocking course' above them bears the names of the Australian Battle Honours.
After the war an appeal in Australia raised £22,700, of which £12,500 came from Victorian school children, with the request that the majority of the funds be used to build a new school in Villers-Bretonneux. The boys' school opened in May 1927, and contains an inscription stating that the school was the gift of Victorian schoolchildren, twelve hundred of whose fathers are buried in the Villers-Bretonneux cemetery, with the names of many more recorded on the Memorial. Villers-Bretonneux is now twinned with Robinvale, Victoria, which has in its main square a memorial to the links between the two towns.
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
Australian War Memorial 142
Miscellaneous information from
cemetery records Parents: Henry and Margaret TUCK, Flinders, Victoria
Family/military connections Brother: 759 Pte William TUCK, 41st Bn, died of disease, 18 April 1917. Brother: Died at Harfield Park Hospital, England