Albert Victor TYER

Regimental number12/3175
Date of birth1 March 1889
Place of birthInglewood, Taranaki
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationBoat builder
AddressNorthcote
Marital statusMarried
Age at embarkation26
Height5' 8"
Weight140 lbs
Next of kinWife, Mrs A V Tyer, Graham Street, Auckland
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date15 June 1915
Rank on embarkationCorporal
Enlistment statusVolunteer
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 7th Reinforcements, Auckland Infantry Battalion
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on 9 October 1915
Final rankPrivate
Final unitAuckland Infantry Regiment
FateCommenced return to New Zealand 25 January 1919
Discharge date11 April 1919
Other details

War service: Egypt, Western Front

Embarked Wellington, April 1916.9 October 1915; disembarked Suez, 18 November 1915; joined unit as Private, Ismailia, 8 January 1916.

Embarked Port Said to join the British Expeditionary Force, France, 6 April 1917.

Admitted to No 2 NZ Field Ambulance, 2 July 1917 (venereal disease: gonorrhoea); transferred to 11th Casualty Clearing Station, 3 July 1917; to 51st General Hospital, Etaples, 5 July 1917; discharged to Base Depot, 26 August 1917; rejoined 1st Bn, Auckland Infantry Regiment, in the field, 11 October 1917.

Proceeded on leave, 16 October 1917; rejoined Bn from leave, 30 October 1917.

Attached to Headquarters, 1st NZ Infantry Brigade, 1 November 1917.

On leave to Paris, 26 August 1918; rejoined unit from leave, 7 September 1918.

On leave to United Kingdom, 1 November 1918.

Commenced return to New Zealand from London on board HT 'Port Melbourne', 25 January 1919; discharged (termination of period of engagement), 11 April 1919.

War service: 3 years 301 days (of which 3 years 101 days were abroad)

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Miscellaneous detailsNominal Roll Vol. 1: Auckland Infantry Batln/Seventh
SourcesArchives New Zealand (Wellington), Agency AABK, Series 18805, File 22014529