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TOOMES, George Henry
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 6589 |
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| Enlisted: | 29 February 1916, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 2nd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 1889 |
| Home Town: | Crows Nest, North Sydney, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, 10 September 1918 |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France) |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 29 Feb 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 6589, 2nd Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW | |
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| 7 Oct 1916: | Involvement Private, 6589, 2nd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Ceramic embarkation_ship_number: A40 public_note: '' | |
| 7 Oct 1916: | Embarked Private, 6589, 2nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ceramic, Sydney | |
| 4 May 1917: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 6589, 2nd Infantry Battalion, Gunshot wound to the left elbow and invalided to England on 22 May 1917 |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of Richard E. Toomes and Mary Toomes of Sydney, NSW. Geoerge was raised as an orphan at an early age by his uncle John Pitts and his wife of Murray Avenue, Newcastle, NSW. He had no siblings. His mother died and his father deserted both and was thought to be deceased
Next of kin gives as a friend Mrs Cathereine Margarite (Mary) Flecknoe of 41 Avery Street, Crows Nest, NSW later of Lismore, NSW
Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal