George Robert RANSOM

RANSOM, George Robert

    Service Number: 2024
    Enlisted: 14 January 1915, Trafalgar, Victoria
    Last Rank: Private
    Last Unit: 6th Infantry Battalion
    Born: Yarragon, Victoria, Australia, 1893
    Home Town: Yarragon, Baw Baw, Victoria
    Schooling: Yarragon State School, Victoria, Australia
    Occupation: Clerk
    Died: Rheumatic Fever and Heart Failure, No 11 A.G.H. Caulfied, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 25 June 1919
    Cemetery: Yarragon Cemetery, Victoria
    Memorials: Yarragon War Memorial
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    World War 1 Service

    14 Jan 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, 2024, Trafalgar, Victoria
    17 Apr 1915: Involvement Private, 2024, 6th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Hororata embarkation_ship_number: A20 public_note: ''
    17 Apr 1915: Embarked Private, 2024, 6th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Hororata, Melbourne
    13 Jul 1915: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2024, 6th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli
    29 Jan 1916: Transferred AIF WW1, Private, Camel Corps
    3 Nov 1917: Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 6th Infantry Battalion, TOS in the field, France
    11 Sep 1918: Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 6th Infantry Battalion, Reverted to Private 5 Nov 1918
    25 Jan 1919: Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 2024, 6th Infantry Battalion, RTA per Ceramic, disembarked Melbourne 23 Mar 1919
    22 May 1919: Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 2024, 6th Infantry Battalion

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    Biography contributed by Karen Standen

    Enlisted and Served under name George Ransom 

    Name: George Robert Ransom
    Birth Date: Abt 1893
    Birth Place: Yarra, Victoria
    Registration Year: 1893
    Registration Place: Victoria, Australia
    Father: Robert Ransom
    Mother: Margaret Oakley
    Registration Number: 18275

     

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