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FREEMAN, George Harold
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 1741 |
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| Enlisted: | 11 January 1915, Liverpool, New South Wales |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 55th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Rouse Hill, New South Wales, 10 January 1892 |
| Home Town: | Murwillumbah, Tweed, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Byron Bay Public School |
| Occupation: | Railway labourer/Meat worker |
| Died: | Natural causes, Coolangatta, Queensland, 5 June 1944, aged 52 years |
| Cemetery: |
Tweed Heads Lawn Cemetery |
| Memorials: | Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 11 Jan 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1741, Liverpool, New South Wales | |
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| 17 Mar 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1741, 3rd Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Shropshire embarkation_ship_number: A9 public_note: '' | |
| 17 Mar 1915: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 1741, 3rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Shropshire, Sydney | |
| 31 May 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1741, 3rd Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli | |
| 7 Aug 1915: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 1741, 3rd Infantry Battalion, The August Offensive - Lone Pine, Suvla Bay, Sari Bair, The Nek and Hill 60 - Gallipoli | |
| 13 Feb 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 55th Infantry Battalion | |
| 20 Jul 1916: | Imprisoned Fromelles (Fleurbaix) | |
| 20 Jul 1916: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 1741, 55th Infantry Battalion, Fromelles (Fleurbaix), 2nd occasion - GSW (shoulder) | |
| 24 Jun 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 1741, 55th Infantry Battalion |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by John Edwards
"...1741 Private George Harold Freeman, 55th Battalion, from Tweed River, NSW. Pte Freeman enlisted at the age of 23 on 11 January 1915 and embarked for overseas on 17 March 1915 aboard HMAT Shropshire. He was wounded in action at Gallipoli and recovered to go on to serve on the Western Front where he was wounded in the shoulder and captured at Fleurbaix, France, on 29 July 1916. Pte Freeman was held as a POW until he was repatriated to England on 28 November 1918. He arrived back in Australia on 17 April 1919..." - SOURCE (www.awm.gov.au)
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