George Herbert ZELLER

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ZELLER, George Herbert

Service Number:	2025
Enlisted:	23 June 1915, Brisbane, Queensland
Last Rank:	Corporal
Last Unit:	25th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 28 September 1893
Home Town:	Chinchilla, Western Downs, Queensland
Schooling:	Chinchilla State School, Queensland, Australia
Occupation:	Dairy farmer
Died:	Wounds, 5th Australian Field Ambulance, France, 9 April 1918, aged 24 years
Cemetery:	Warloy-Baillon Communal Cemetery Extension Plo1 1V, Row E, Grave 3. Rev. W.C. Smith officiated. Headstone inscription reads: In memory of the loved son of Mr. & Mrs. Zeller Thy will be done
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Chinchilla War Memorial

World War 1 Service

23 Jun 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Brisbane, Queensland
16 Aug 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2025, 25th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Kyarra embarkation_ship_number: A55 public_note: ''
16 Aug 1915:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 2025, 25th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Kyarra, Brisbane
9 Apr 1918:	Involvement AIF WW1, Corporal, 2025, 25th Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 2025 awm_unit: 25 Battalion awm_rank: Corporal awm_died_date: 1918-04-09

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Biography

Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Son of John Zeller and Ann Zeller nee Nixon of Chinchilla, QLD.

Brother of Richard Zeller who retruned to Australia on 15 February 1919 having served with the 42nd Battalion; Alfred Zeller who returned to Australia on 20 August 1919 having served with the 8th Field Company Engineers; Thomas Zeller who was killed in action on 7 October 1917 and is buried in the Tyne Cot Cemetery, Plot XX111, Row A, Grave 6.

Medals: 1914-1915 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

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