Eric Claude TUCKER

Regimental number14886
Date of birth24 September 1890
Place of birthClive
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationButcher
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation25
Height5' 5.5"
Weight136 lbs
Next of kinMother, Mrs S Tucker, West Clive, Hawke's Bay
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date7 March 1916
Place of enlistmentTrentham
Rank on embarkationRifleman
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, New Zealand Rifle Brigade, 5th Reinforcements to 4th Battalion, H Company (Unattached)
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on 26 June 1916
Final rankRifleman
Final unit2nd Battalion, New Zealand Rifle Brigade
FateKilled in Action 12 October 1917
Age at death from cemetery records28
Place of burialNo known grave
Commemoration detailsTyne Cot Memorial (New Zealand Apse, Panel No 7), Tyne Cot Cemetery, Belgium
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Sarah Ann Tucker, West Clive, Napier, and the late Joseph Tucker
Other details

No Form B103 on file.

War service: Western Front

Wounded in action, 9 June 1917 (shell contusion); admitted to 3rd Canadian General Hospital; transferred to 2nd Convalescent Depot, 10 June 1917.

Killed in action, 12 October 1917.

Reported buried; grave subsequently lost.

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 2: Roll 34, p. 39
Archives New Zealand (Wellington), Agency AABK, Series 18805, File 22013893

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