Just Another Pair Of Socks

Melton District ANZACS

George Thomas TYLER

Personal

Born: June, 1885

Birth registration: Victorian Births, Deaths & Marriages Registration No. 19799

Birthplace: Melton / BDM Reg # 19799 shows him born at Geelong.

Parents: George Tyler and Hannah Jane Williams

Died: 8 August, 1915

Cause: Killed In Action

Place of death: Lone Pine, Gallipoli, Turkey.

Burial place: Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey

Awards and Honours

  • 1914-1915 Star
  • British War Medal 1914-20
  • Victory Medal
  • 1914-1918 Memorial Plaque

Battalions

7th Battalion, 6th reinforcement

Events

Enlistment

Regimental Service Number: 2194

Enlistment date: 16 April, 1915 Yarram, Victoria

Age at enlistment: 29 years and 10 months

Address at enlistment: Yarram

Religion: Roman Catholic

Marital Status: Single

Next of kin: Father: George Tyler

Physical Description: Height: 5 feet 9 inches
Weight: 196 pounds
Complexion: Light
Eyes: greyish brown
Hair: brown
Distinctive marks: Scar on cheek near left of mouth. Injury to bridge of nose.

Embarkation ship: HMAT A62 Wandilla.

Rank: Private

War Service Summary

06/04/1915 - In depot at Broadmeadows
05/08/1915 - Joined Battalion at Gallipoli
08-09/08/1915 - Missing at Lone Pine, Gallipoli
15/08/1915 - Declared Missing
29/12/1915 - Confirmed missing in action
05/06/1916 - Court of Inquiry held in the field, France. Declared Killed in Action on 08- 09/08/1915 at Gallipoli.

War Service Commemerated

Killed in action.

Date: 8 August, 1915

Killed in action at Lone Pine, Gallipoli on the 8th or 9th of August
08-09/08/1915 - Missing at Lone Pine, Gallipoli
15/08/1915 - Declared Missing
29/12/1915 - Confirmed missing in action
05/06/1916 - Court of Inquiry held in the field, France. Declared Killed in Action on 08- 09/08/1915 at Gallipoli

Memorial Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey

Australian War Memorial Panel 52

Red Cross Report:
Re Pte S. J. Tyler 2194 (Note wrong initials in report, but correct surname and service number.)

“Informant saw him on the morning of the 9th August and heard afterwards on that day, on the hospital ship, that he had been killed by a bullet. Informant heard this from several men." Pte. J. Clark, 2125, 7 A.I.F., 6th reinf., A. Co., A1 Hayat Conv. Home, Helouan, Cairo

“Informant who was in the same Co. as Tyler heard from several of his mates who were near Tyler at the time, that he had been hit in the head by a bullet and killed instantly at Lone Pine on August 9.
“Informant saw him in the firing line shortly before this happened and shortly before he himself was wounded.”
Pte. J. Clark, 2125, 7 A.I.F., 1st A.C. Hospital, Heliopolis, Cairo

Sources

Service Record
Nominal Roll
Birth Registration June 1985