George William FIELDS

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Service Number:	1895
Enlisted:	12 June 1917, Enlisted at Nambour, QLD
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	26th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Chippenham, Wiltshire, England, 1886
Home Town:	Nambour, Sunshine Coast, Queensland
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 21 October 1915
Cemetery:	7th Field Ambulance Cemetery Special Memorial, Row A, Grave 11 Headstone inscription reads: Fore he's ever a hero the man who dies for his God, King & Country, 7th Field Ambulance Cemetery, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Nambour Heroes Walk, Nambour Maroochy Shire War Dead Memorial

16 Aug 1915:	Involvement Private, 1895, 26th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Kyarra embarkation_ship_number: A55 public_note: ''
16 Aug 1915:	Embarked Private, 1895, 26th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Kyarra, Brisbane
12 Jun 1917:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1895, 26th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Nambour, QLD

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Arrived in Australia aged 24 years

Husband of Evelyn Beatrice Fields (later known as Evelyn Beatrice Clark) of Charles Street, Deagon, Sandgate, QLD

Father of Evelyn Agnes Fields, George Albert Fields and Roy Heather Fields

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal