FLATMAN, George William
| Service Number: | 855 |
|---|---|
| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 5th Machine Gun Company |
| Born: | Poplar, Middlesex, England, 1895 |
| Home Town: | Kogarah, Sydney, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Boilermaker |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, 6 May 1916 |
| Cemetery: |
Brewery Orchard Cemetery, Bois-Grenier |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Haymarket NSW Government Railway and Tramway Honour Board, Kogarah Pictorial Honour Roll No.1 |
World War 1 Service
| 25 Jun 1915: | Involvement Private, 855, 19th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '13' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ceramic embarkation_ship_number: A40 public_note: '' | |
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| 25 Jun 1915: | Embarked Private, 855, 19th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ceramic, Melbourne | |
| 6 May 1916: | Involvement Private, 855, 5th Machine Gun Company, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 855 awm_unit: 5th Australian Machine Gun Company awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1916-05-06 |
Great Sydney Central Station Honour Board
George William FLATMAN, (Service Number 855) was born in Poplar, Middlesex, in 1895. He emigrated to Australia with his family as a child. In September 1912 he joined the NSWGR as an apprentice boilermaker at the Eveleigh workshops. In February 1915 he was released from duty to enlist in the AIF at Liverpool.
On 6 May 1916 he was killed in action, and buried in Brewery Orchard Cemetery, Bois Grenier, 2¼ miles S of Armentières.
Submitted 6 July 2023 by John Oakes
Biography contributed by John Oakes
George William FLATMAN, (Service Number 855) was born in Poplar, Middlesex in 1895,. He emigrated to Australia with his family as a child. In September 1912 he joined the NSW Government Railways as an apprentice boilermaker at the Eveleigh workshops. In February 1915 he was released from duty to enlist in the AIF at Liverpool.
He mbarked from Sydney in June 1915.
He was ‘counselled’ for ‘using obscene language on parade’ in Egypt in July. In August he was sent to Gallipoli and returned to Egypt via Mudros (on the Greek island of Lemnos) in January 1916. He joined a Machine Gun Company and was sent with it to France in March.
On 6th May 1916 he was killed in action. He is buried in Brewery Orchard Cemetery, Bois Grenier, 2¼ miles S of Armentières.
- based on noes for the Great Sydney Central Station Honour Board
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