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BULL, George Arnold
| Service Number: | 3176 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 48th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Adelaide, South Australia, 1896 |
| Home Town: | Torrensville, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | 3 February 1973, cause of death not yet discovered, place of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
| Memorials: | Price and District Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 16 Oct 1915: | Involvement Private, 3176, 15th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Port Lincoln embarkation_ship_number: A17 public_note: '' | |
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| 16 Oct 1915: | Embarked Private, 3176, 15th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Port Lincoln, Melbourne | |
| 11 Nov 1918: | Involvement Private, 3176, 48th Infantry Battalion | |
| Date unknown: | Wounded 3176, 47th Infantry Battalion |
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George Arnold Bull Biography
Private George Arnold Bull was born in Adelaide, South Australia in 1886 into a Christian family consisting of his mother, Mrs Dora Jane Bull. On the 20th of April, 1915, George Arnold Bull enlisted into the Australian Military. George’s unit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria on board the HMAT A17 Port Lincoln on the 16th of October, 1915, nearly 6 months after enlisting. George was 19 when he embarked for the Great War. George Arnold Bull was given the rank of private, the lowest rank in the Australian military. During World War 1 and George’s time in the Australian military, he was a private in the 15th infantry battalion. In the 47th infantry batallion George was wounded in battle. When the war finished on the 11th of November, 1918, George Arnold Bull was a private in the 48th infantry battalion. George managed to get through the war alive, and on the 28th of March, 1919, he returned home to Australia. George did not get married, and had no children, which left his mother to be his next of kin. Sadly, on the 3rd of February, 1973, George Arnold Bull passed away. In honour of his memory he has a plaque in the South Australian Garden of Remembrance. He was 87 years old when he passed away.