SING, George Bush
| Service Numbers: | 1241, 2501 |
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| Enlisted: | 23 September 1914, An original member of H Company 15th Bn. |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 52nd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Launceston, Tasmania, Australia, 1892 |
| Home Town: | Launceston, Launceston, Tasmania |
| Schooling: | Tasmanian College (Boys) Launceston, Tasmania, Australia |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Died of wounds, France, 7 September 1916 |
| Cemetery: |
Boulogne Eastern Cemetery Plot VIII, Row C, Grave 130. HIS DUTY NOBLY DONE |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Launceston Cenotaph |
World War 1 Service
| 23 Sep 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1241, 15th Infantry Battalion, An original member of H Company 15th Bn. | |
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| 22 Dec 1914: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 1241, 15th Infantry Battalion | |
| 24 Jun 1915: | Involvement Private, 2501, 12th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Kanowna embarkation_ship_number: A61 public_note: '' | |
| 24 Jun 1915: | Embarked Private, 2501, 12th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Kanowna, Adelaide | |
| 8 Jul 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2501, 12th Infantry Battalion | |
| 10 Aug 1915: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 2501, 12th Infantry Battalion | |
| 1 Mar 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 52nd Infantry Battalion | |
| 7 Sep 1916: | Involvement Private, 2501, 52nd Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 2501 awm_unit: 52nd Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1916-09-07 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Stephen Brooks
George Sing was the son of George and Margaret Sing, of Launceston, Tasmania. He initially enlisted in September 1914 in the 15th Battalion, at 5 feet 5 inches and 54 kg in weight. He left Australia 22 December 1914. In Egypt he was called before a medical board and they decided he was medically unfit for active service due to being undersize and insufficiently developed. He was returned to Australia in at the time of the Anzac landing and was discharged in Hobart on 12 June 1915.
George Bush Sing enlisted again less than three weeks later with the 12th Battalion and sent overseas in August 1915. He transferred to the 52nd Battalion in Egypt and was mortally wounded in the very heavy fighting at Mouquet Farm on the 3 September 1916. Hit in the back by shrapnel he died four days later in the No. 3 Canadian General Hospital in Boulogne, France.
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