George Ferguson RATTRAY

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RATTRAY, George Ferguson

Service Number:	4286
Enlisted:	5 September 1915, Holdsworthy
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	2nd Infantry Battalion
Born:	Dundee, Angus, Scotland, October 1893
Home Town:	Crows Nest, North Sydney, New South Wales
Schooling:	Rosebank School, Dundee, Scotland
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Killed in Action, Belgium, 20 September 1917
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Belgium
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Menin Gate Memorial (Commonwealth Memorial to the Missing of the Ypres Salient)

World War 1 Service

5 Sep 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4286, 3rd Infantry Battalion, Holdsworthy
30 Dec 1915:	Involvement Private, 4286, 3rd Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Aeneas embarkation_ship_number: A60 public_note: ''
30 Dec 1915:	Embarked Private, 4286, 3rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Aeneas, Sydney
14 Feb 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 2nd Infantry Battalion
29 Oct 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 45th Infantry Battalion
2 Dec 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 2nd Infantry Battalion
20 Sep 1917:	Involvement Private, 4286, 2nd Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 4286 awm_unit: 2 Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1917-09-20

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Biography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon

Australian Infantry 2nd Battalion
Date of enlistment: 05.09.1915
Place of enlistment: Holdsworthy NSW
Son of John Rattray and Anne Webster Rattray of 58 Victoria Rd, Dundee.

Dundee paid a high price for her war efforts. By the armistice, over 4,000 men and several women had made the ultimate sacrifice. Their names are recorded in the city’s Roll of Honour.

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