HUNTLEY, George Henry Stuart
| Service Number: | 888 |
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| Enlisted: | 31 August 1914, Morphettville, South Australia |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 10th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Adelaide, South Australia, 8 January 1890 |
| Home Town: | Yundamindera, Leonora, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Boulder City Model School, Kalgoorlie, Western Australia |
| Occupation: | Miner |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 25 April 1915, aged 25 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" The Lone Pine Memorial Gallipoli, Turkey Panel 32 , Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey |
| Memorials: | Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Kalgoorlie St John's Anglican Church Honour Roll, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing |
World War 1 Service
| 31 Aug 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Morphettville, South Australia | |
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| 20 Oct 1914: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 888, 10th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Ascanius embarkation_ship_number: A11 public_note: '' | |
| 20 Oct 1914: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 888, 10th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ascanius, Adelaide | |
| Date unknown: | Involvement 10th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières |
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Original member of F Comany 10th Battalion AIF. F Company was commanded by Captain George Ernest Redburg ably assisted by platoon commanders
Lieutenants Eric Wilkes Talbot Smith (DOW 30 April 1915) and Louis Gordon Holmes (DOW 23 June 1915)
Private George Huntley was reported wounded and missing at Gallipoli, 25-29 April 1915.
Court of Inquiry held in the field, 5 September 1917, pronounced fate as 'killed in action, Gallipoli, 'on or about 25 April 1915'; confirmed by Lieutenant General W R Birdwood, 23 September 1917.
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