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Bacchus Marsh
Avenue of Honour

Lance Corporal John Tancoe MM

1895
Born in Bacchus Marsh, VIC
28/1/1916
Enlisted at Sydney, NSW in the AIF, aged 21
18/2/1916
Enlistment altered to Army Medical Corps (AMC)
19/12/1916
Embarked aboard the RMS Orontes with the AMC General Reinforcements
17/2/1917
Disembarked at Plymouth, England
23/3/1917
Transferred to the 16th Field Ambulance
10/5/1917
Transferred to the 12th Field Ambulance - France
15/11/1917 - 7/12/1917
Admitted to hospital - appendicitis
29/1/1918 - 8/2/1918
On leave in Paris
12/2/1918 - 27/2/1918
On leave in England
18/9/1918
His actions saw him awarded the Military Medal
7/11/1918
Promoted to Lance Corporal
29/1/1919
Returned to England
17/2/1919
Attached for duty with AIF Headquarters (Medical)
20/5/1919
Embarked for Australia aboard the Nestor
4/7/1919
Disembarked at Sydney, NSW
8/8/1919
Discharged from the AIF in Melbourne
1973
Died at Mornington, VIC, aged 78

Last updated by lee, Tue, 04 May 2021 11:49:30