Ian Hamilton Bowman TAPLEY

TAPLEY, Ian Hamilton Bowman

Service Number: 10235
Enlisted: 21 April 1942
Last Rank: Able Seaman
Last Unit: Merchant Navy
Born: Port Lincoln, South Australia , 22 June 1901
Home Town: St Peters (SA), Norwood Payneham St Peters, South Australia
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Advertising Manager Shell Oil Company
Died: 16 April 1992, aged 90 years, cause of death not yet discovered, place of death not yet discovered
Cemetery: Centennial Park Cemetery, South Australia
Columbarium, Wall 10, Niche F010
Memorials: Municipality of St Peters Citizens Who Have Enlisted Roll of Honour
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World War 2 Service

21 Apr 1942: Enlisted Merchant Navy, Able Seaman , 10235, Merchant Navy
26 Jan 1944: Discharged Merchant Navy, Able Seaman , Merchant Navy

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Biography contributed by David Cree

Source Australian Birth Index 
Name Ian Hamilton Bowman Tapley
Birth Date 22 Jun. 1901
Birth Place Port Lincoln
Registration Place Flinders, South Australia, Australia
Father Robert Richard Tapley
Mother Phoebe Annie Wood
Page number 116
Volume Number 680

In 1927 he married Beryl Price WEIR, the daughter of Col Stanley Price Weir. Tapley worked for the Shell Oil Co as Advertising Manager  in the 1930s.

 

It seems that Ian & Beryl lived in the Weir home at 68 Second Ave St Peters. Following S P Weir’s death in 1944 the property was transferred to Beryl and Ian Tapley and they lived there until 1958.

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