FRENCH, George Timothy
| Service Numbers: | Not yet discovered |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Lieutenant |
| Last Unit: | 26th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Northampton, England, United Kingdom, 16 May 1879 |
| Home Town: | Woodford, Moreton Bay, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Storekeeper |
| Died: | Died of wounds, Belgium, 5 October 1917, aged 38 years |
| Cemetery: |
Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery Plot: XX. E. 20. |
| Tree Plaque: |
Woodford Avenue Of Honour
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| Memorials: | Woodford Honour Roll |
World War 1 Service
| 31 Jan 1916: | Involvement Lieutenant, 26th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Wandilla embarkation_ship_number: A62 public_note: '' | |
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| 31 Jan 1916: | Embarked Lieutenant, 26th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Wandilla, Brisbane |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Claude McKelvey
George French was born George Timothy Frenck on 16 May 1879 in Northampton, England, a son to Timothy French and Sarah French (nee Cooper). He served in the South African (Boer) War as George French and in WW1 as George Timothy French.
First service was as a Private S.N. 81 in the 3rd Queensland Mounted Infantry, Boer War. Following that service he was also part of the Coronation Contingent. Following his return from Boer War service he married Maltilda Ellen King in Queensland on 21 Apr 1909 and they would have a son and daughter. He was a storekeeper at Woodford in Queensland when he enlisted for WW1 in 1915.
His second service was as a Lieutenant in the 26th Infantry Battalion AIF, WW1. His Application for a Commission and enlistment Attestation Paper in 1915 notes his previous Boer War service in the 3rd QMI and Coronation Contingent. He suffered shrapnel wounds to the chest and died on 5 Oct 1917, Flanders, Belgium.
(source- AWM Boer War Nominal Roll, Murray p. 468; Coronation Contingent, The Telegraph (Brisbane), 7 Oct 1902, p.2; National Archives Australia WW1 service record).
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