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VIRTUE, George Graham
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 3647 |
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| Enlisted: | 23 February 1916, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW |
| Last Rank: | Corporal |
| Last Unit: | Army Pay Corps (AIF) |
| Born: | Glasgow, Scotland, 1887 |
| Home Town: | Sydney, City of Sydney, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Mechanical Engineer |
| Died: | St. Leonards, New South Wales, Australia, 20 February 1970, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Macquarie Park Cemetery and Crematorium, Ryde, New South Wales |
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Service History
World War 1 Service
| 23 Feb 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3647, 30th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW | |
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| 5 Aug 1916: | Involvement Private, 3647, 30th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '16' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Ballarat embarkation_ship_number: A70 public_note: '' | |
| 5 Aug 1916: | Embarked Private, 3647, 30th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ballarat, Sydney | |
| 23 Mar 1917: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 3647, 30th Infantry Battalion, Shell wound to the thigh. Transferred to England from Rouen on 15 April 1917 aboard HS West Australia | |
| 1 Sep 1917: | Transferred AIF WW1, Second Corporal, Army Pay Corps (AIF), From 30th Battalion | |
| 23 May 1918: | Discharged AIF WW1, Corporal, 3647, Army Pay Corps (AIF), Discharged at the 2nd Military District as medically unfit due neurthenia |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of William Wright Virtue and Henriette C/- Moffat E. Virtue Ltd, Clarence Street, Sydney, NSW formerly of Glasgow, Scotland.
Commenced return to Australia on 16 January 1918 aboard SS Grampian via America at his own expense to make arrangements for the supply of machinery for the family firm then continuing to Australia aboard HT Niagara disembarking on 20 April 1918.
Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
During 1920c George married Una G. Pearse on Sydney, NSW.