Information Journal.

Groom: John TASSIE.
Age: 23 years.
Status: Single.
Father: Robert Stuart TASSIE.

Bride: Esther Maud Mary JEFFREYS.
Age: 20 years.
Status: Single.
Father: Jeff JEFFREYS.

Date married: 13 November 1878.
Place: Residence of the bride's father, Belvidere, South Australia.

John died 09 August 1934 in Glenelg, South Australia.
Age: 79 years.
Status: Married.

Birth note.
John was born 16 July 1855 in Adelaide, South Australia.
Parents named as Robert TASSIE and Janet GEMMEL.
See Post: TASSIE Robert and Janet GEMMEL

John's second marriage to Mary WARD in 1925 recorded below.

Esther died 04 February 1923 in Glenelg, South Australia.
Age: 64 years.
Status: Married.
Husband named as John TASSIE.

Birth note.
Esther was born 10 April 1858 in Crickhowen, South Australia.
Parents named as Jeff JEFFREYS and Ann MCLEAN.

Five children located South Australia and Western Australia
for John and Esther.

[1]

Jannet Jeffreys TASSIE.
Born: 10 August 1879, Kensington, South Australia.
Died: 1961 Swan, Western Australia.
Age: 81 years.

Married: Harold Burnham CURLEWIS.
Year: 1901.
Place: Perth, Western Australia.

Harold died 1968 in Perth, Western Australia.
Age: 93 years.
Parents named as Edgar and Louisa.

[2]

Jeffrey Robert TASSIE.
Born: 20 October 1880, Kensington, South Australia.
Died: 1906 Perth, Western Australia.

Married: Matilda McMoran MARSHALL.
Year: 1904.
Place: Perth, Western Australia.

[3]

Annie TASSIE.
Born: 22 July 1882, Glenelg, South Australia.
Died: -

[4]

John TASSIE.
Born: 07 April 1885, Glenelg, South Australia.
Died: 25 April 1918, France.
Age: 33 years.

WW1 Embarkation Roll.
Name: John TASSIE.
Service number: 3015.
Rank: Private.
Roll title: 43 Infantry Battalion - 7 to 8 Reinforcements.
(June 1917 - March 1918)
Conflict: First World War.
Date of embarkation: 23 June 1917.
Place of embarkation: Adelaide.
Ship embarked on: HMAT Borda.

Roll of Honour - First World War.
Name: John TASSIE.
Service number: 3015.
Rank: Private.
Unit: 43rd Battalion. (Infantry)
Conflict: 1914-1918.
Date of death: 25 April 1918.
Cause of death: Killed in action.

Cemetery or memorial notes:
Bonnay Communal Cemetery Extension, France.

War Grave Register notes:
TASSIE, Pte. John, 3015. 43rd Bn. Australian Inf.
Killed in action 25th April, 1918. Age 33.
Son of John and Esther Mary Tassie, of 10 Sea Wall, Glenelg, South Australia.

[5]

Gemmel TASSIE.
Born: 1901 Perth, Western Australia.
Died: -

Marriage details for John and Mary.

Groom: John TASSIE.
Age: 69 years.
Status: Widower.
Father: Robert Stewart TASSIE.

Bride: Mary Ann WARD.
Age: 44 years.
Status: Single.
Father: John WARD.

Date married: 18 April 1925.
Place: St Cuthberts Church, Prospect, South Australia.

Mary died 15 December 1962 in Goodwood Park, South Australia.
Age: 82 years.
Status: Widow.
Deceased husband named as John TASSIE.

Sources:
Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages, South Australia.
Registry of Deaths and Marriages, Western Australia.
WW1 Embarkation Roll.
AWM145 Roll of Honour cards, 1914-1918 War, Army.

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