Archibald Tangey
History
Archibald George Tangey (1892-1973), was born in Timor on the 2nd February 1982, he was a baker before enlisting on the 6th March 1916, Service number 3316, 29 Infantry Battalion - 7 to 12 Reinforcements (July-December 1916), he embarked 4th July 1916, on HMAT Berrima, he was promoted to Lance Corporal and returned to Australia on 22 August 1919. He later went on to serve in the Second World War as a Corporal with the 1st Australian Central Ordnance Depot. [1]
Legacy
This person is listed on the Timor Primary School Honour Roll
Family
Father John Tangey, Bowenvale, Victoria
Archibald George Tangey was born to John Morgan and Ellen Loddon Wilkinson on 2 February 1892 in the Timor Central Goldfields shire.
He had five brothers: Ernest (who also served in the AIF, but died in Pozieres), William, Albert, Charles and Wilfred
He had three sisters: Ada Orestle, Lilly and Daisy
His father had married Clara Howarth before Ellen Wilkinson and they had four daughters, (Archibald's half sisters): Kate, Susan, Alice, Clara and one son (Archibald's half brother), Thomas
Clara died in 1875 and John, his father then married Elizabeth, his mother in 1879.
Archibald married Caroline Louisa Wall in Victoria in 1920. They had four children: Mary - born 1921, died in 1934, Betty Tangey, Ernest - born 7 June 1922 and Stephen - born 8 April 1934 in Footscray. [2]
Obituary
Archibald Tangey died in Geelong, Victoria on 24 October 1973, aged 81 and was buried in the Geelong Eastern Cemetery. [3]
See also
Notes
Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Tangey, of Bowenvale, received word on Friday last, through the Defence Department, that their son, Private A. J. Tangey, had been admitted to the Edmonton Military Hospital, London, on 6th October, suffering from gunshot wounds. The wire did not state the nature of the wounds, but their many friends of Bowenvale hope and trust that they are of a mild nature. [4]
References
- ↑ Australian War Memorial, accessed August 4, 2023,https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/R1950040
- ↑ Archibald George Tangey (1892-1973), Wyndham History, accessed August 4, 2023, https://wyndhamhistory.net.au/items/show/2662
- ↑ Archibald George Tangey (1892-1973), Wyndham History, accessed August 4, 2023, https://wyndhamhistory.net.au/items/show/2662
- ↑ District News. Bowenvale, Private A.G.Tangey wounded. Maryborough and Dunolly Advertiser, 29 October 1917, p.3.
Further Reading
External links
“Archibald George Tangey (1892-1973),” Wyndham History, accessed August 4, 2023, https://wyndhamhistory.net.au/items/show/2662. Comments
https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/DA15529
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