George Henry TYLER

Regimental number39362
Date of birth27 July 1882
Place of birthNew South Wales, Australia
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationCook
Marital statusMarried
Age at embarkation34
Height5' 7.5"
Weight157 lbs
Next of kinWife, Mrs G H Tyler, 732 Cumberland Street, Dunedin
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date2 October 1916
Place of enlistmentDunedin
Rank on embarkationPrivate
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 22nd Reinforcements, Otago Infantry Regiment, D Company
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board HMNZT 76 Aparima on 16 February 1917
Discharge date14 March 1919
Other details

War service: Western Front

Embarked Wellington, 16 February 1917; disembarked Devonport, England, 2 May 1917, and marched in to Sling Camp.

Proceeded overseas to France, 6 June 1917; joined 1st Bn, Otago Infantry Regiment, in the field, 25 June 1917, and posted to 14th Company.

Admitted to No 3 NZ Field Ambulance, 24 August 1917; transferred to No 2 Australian Casualty Clearing Station, 25 August 1917; to 53rd General Hospital, Bouloge, 26 August 1917 (trench fever); to England, 6 September 1917, and admitted to No 2 NZ General Hospital, Walton-on-Thames, 6 September 1917.

Commenced return to New Zealand from Plymouth on board HT 'Briton', 24 December 1918; discharged (no longer physically fit for War Service on account of illness [trench fever] contracted on Active Service), 14 March 1919.

War service: 2 years 147 days (of which 1 year 348 days was abroad)

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
Miscellaneous detailsParents: Thomas Francis (b. England) and Susan (b. New South Wales) TYLER
Date of death12 October 1920 Dundedin
Age at death38
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 3: Roll 55, p. 15
Archives New Zealand (Wellington), Agency AABK, Series 18805

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