George SPRINGETT

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SPRINGETT, George

Service Number:	4846
Enlisted:	8 November 1916
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	30th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Parramatta, New South Wales, Australia, 1891
Home Town:	Granville, Parramatta, New South Wales
Schooling:	Public School
Occupation:	Painter
Died:	Killed in Action, France, 20 April 1918
Cemetery:	Adelaide Cemetery Villers-Bretonneux, France
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Granville St Mark's Anglican Church Memorial Windows, Granville War Memorial

World War 1 Service

8 Nov 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 30th Infantry Battalion
24 Jan 1917:	Involvement Private, 4846, 30th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '16' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Anchises embarkation_ship_number: A68 public_note: ''
24 Jan 1917:	Embarked Private, 4846, 30th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Anchises, Sydney

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Biography contributed by John Edwards

"...4846 Private George Springett, 30th Battalion of Granville, NSW. A painter prior to enlisting, he embarked from Sydney aboard HMAT Anchises (A68) on 24 January 1917. He was killed in action on 20 April 1918 in the village of Hamlet, France while on salvage patrol, aged 27. He is buried in the Adelaide Cemetery, Villers-Bretonneux, France." - SOURCE (www.awm.gov.au)

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