MARSHALL, George Herbert Roy
| Service Number: | 5675 |
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| Enlisted: | 15 March 1916 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 27th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Port Augusta, South Australia, October 1891 |
| Home Town: | Iron Knob, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Hammer driller |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Near Pozieres, Somme, France, 6 March 1917 |
| Cemetery: |
Adanac Military Cemetery, Miraumont, France Adanac Military Cemetery (Plot V, Row A, Grave No. 6), France, Adanac Military Cemetery, Miraumont, Peronne, Picardie, France, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Iron Knob WW1 Roll of Honour , Iron Knob War Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 15 Mar 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 5675, 27th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 12 Aug 1916: | Involvement Private, 5675, 27th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Ballarat embarkation_ship_number: A70 public_note: '' | |
| 12 Aug 1916: | Embarked Private, 5675, 27th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ballarat, Adelaide |
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From François Berthout
Today, it is with deep and very great respect that I wish to pay tribute to Private number 5675 George Herbert Roy Marshall who was killed in action 103 years ago🌺🇦🇺
George herbert Roy Marshall was born in 1893 in Port Augusta, South Australia and he was the son of James and Kasiah marshall of Iron Knob, South Australia. Before the war, George worked as a hammer driller and he lived with his parents at Iron Knob.
Enlisted on March 15,1916 in the 27th Australian Infantry Battalion,15th Reinforcement, he embarked with his unit from Adelaide, South Australia, on board HMAT A68 Anchises on 28 August 1916.
Disembarked on October 10, 1916 in Plymouth, England where he received his training until December 13, 1916, date on which he embarked with his unit from Folkestone, England aboard the S.S Victoria, he disembarked in Etaples, France, on December 14, 1916 before being engaged on the Somme front on December 18, 1916.
Unfortunately, George Herbert Roy Marshall was killed in action two months later near Pozieres, Somme on March 6, 1917 at the age of 25. He had a brother, the private number 2444 James Marshall who survived the war and returned to Australia in 1919.
Today, George Herbert Roy Marshall rests in peace at the Adanac Military Cemetery in Miraumont, Somme.
Thank you Sir, you who fought with devotion and courage for your country on the lands of the Somme, Today the Somme and the French people do not forget what you and what all your brothers in arms did for us and It is a great honor and a privilege to be there to share the memory of who you were and what you have done for us, for peace and for freedom, we will be eternally grateful to you.🌺🇦🇺
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