Horace Leslie TUCKER
Service Number: S65246
Enlisted: 23 March 1942, Kingscote, South Australia
Last Rank: Lance Corporal
Last Unit: Volunteer Defence Corps (SA)
Born: Finniss, South Australia, 23 January 1889
Home Town: Kingscote, Kangaroo Island, South Australia
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Not yet discovered
Died: Natural causes, Kingscote, South Australia, 29 May 1967, aged 78 years
Cemetery: Kingscote Cemetery (Kangaroo Island), S.A.
23 Mar 1942: Enlisted Private, SN S65246, Kingscote, South Australia
24 Mar 1942: Involvement Lance Corporal, SN S65246, Volunteer Defence Corps (SA), Homeland Defence - Militia and non deployed forces
19 Feb 1946: Discharged Lance Corporal, SN S65246, Volunteer Defence Corps (SA)
Item details for: B884, S65246
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Descendants of :
Edward William TUCKER
Generation 1
1. Edward William TUCKER was born 24 Jun 1866 in Upper Finniss, SA and died 02 Aug 1939 in Adelaide, SA. He married Jane Ann DAWSON 28 Oct 1887 in Adelaide, SA. She was born 14 Aug 1869 in North Gumeracha, SA and died 12 Mar 1932 in Victor Harbour, SA. He married Florence Boswell BARBER 21 Sep 1932 in Torrensville, SA.
Children of Edward William TUCKER and Jane Ann DAWSON:
i. 2. Horace Leslie TUCKER was born 23 Jan 1889 in Lower Finniss, SA and died 29 May 1967 in Kingscote, Kangaroo Island, SA
Generation 2
2. Horace Leslie TUCKER was born 23 Jan 1889 in Lower Finniss, SA and died 29 May 1967 in Kingscote, Kangaroo Island, SA. He married Violet Irene WILLIAMS 26 Jan 1921 in Georgetown, SA. She was born 13 Aug 1902 in Belalie East, SA and died 20 Jul 1992, daughter of Thomas WILLIAMS and Harriet Ellen BARRETT.
Other events in the life of Horace Leslie TUCKER
Burial: Kingscote Cemetery, Kangaroo Island, SA
Electoral roll: BET 1941 & 1943, Kingscote, Kangaroo Island
Children of Horace Leslie TUCKER and Violet Irene WILLIAMS
i. Ellie Melba TUCKER was born 07 Dec 1921 in Georgetown SA. She married Alfred William Anthony BENNETT 19 Jul 1943 in Kingscote, Kangaroo Island, SA. He was born 12 Feb 1921 in Plymouth, England and died 14 Oct 1988.
ii. Hilda Irene TUCKER was born 16 Dec 1923 in Belalie East and died 17 Oct 2003 in Kingscote, Kangaroo Island, SA. She married George Edward William ROBERTS 17 Oct 1942 in Kingscote, Kangaroo Island, SA. He was born 04 May 1917 in Alberton, SA and died 05 Jan 2004 in Kingscote, Kangaroo Island, SA, son of James George ROBERTS and Elsie Caroline Alydia Virginia THOMPSON.
iii. Shirley Dawn TUCKER was born 03 Nov 1926 in Jamestown, SA. She married Robert BELL 19 Aug 1950 in Kingscote, Kangaroo Island, SA, son of Harold BELL and Edith Alice MAY.
Last updated : 1 July 2021
Burial
Kingscote Cemetery, Kangaroo Island
TUCKER, Horace Leslie, died 29 May 1967, aged 78, beloved husband of Violet, loved father of Ellie, Hilda and Shirley
TUCKER, Violet Irene, died 20 July 1992, aged 89, loved mother of Ellie, Hilda and Shirley (with Horace)