LOXTON, George Samuel
| Service Number: | 2463 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 58th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Mt Cole, Victoria, Australia, 1880 |
| Home Town: | Not yet discovered |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | labourer |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 25 Sep 1916: | Involvement Private, 2463, 58th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '20' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Shropshire embarkation_ship_number: A9 public_note: '' | |
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| 25 Sep 1916: | Embarked Private, 2463, 58th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Shropshire, Melbourne |
George Samuel LOXTON
WWI enlisted at Warracknabeal 25/2/1916 occupation labourer, aged 34 yrs 6 mths, 5’1 11/2”, blue eyes, brown hair, complexion medium to fair, records stated his mother was deceased although mother Janet Loxton Western Australia has been crossed out.
1916, February 25 - A105056 - Australian Military Forces - Australian Imperial Force - Enlisted for Service
Abroad
Service No.: 2463 (transferred from 5046) Name:LOXTON, George Samuel
Unit: 58th Battalion 5th Reinforcements (transferred from 38th Btn.)
Questions to be put to the Person Enlisting before Attestation:
Name: George Samuel Loxton
Born: Ararat, County Ripon, Vic.
Subject: Natural Born British Subject
Age: 34 years 6 months
Trade: Labourer
Are you married: No
Next of Kin: Mother Janet Loxton, Western Australia. This has been crossed out and written Mother deceased.
in place is inserted William McCrae (friend) Warracknabeal, Vic. P.O.
Date: 25.2.16 Signature of person enlisting: George Samuel Loxton
(Query why he chose to change the detail : his mother did not die until 1939)
1916, February 26 - Description of George Samuel Loxton on Enlistment
Age: 34 years 6 months
Height: 5 feet 11 1/4 inches
Weight: 11 st. 9 lbs.
Chest Measurement: 34 - 37 1/2 inches
Complexion: Medium to fair
Eyes: Blue - vision D - to both eyes
Hair: Brown
Religious Denomination: C of E
Distinctive Marks: Top joint of lt.forefinger missing
Certificate of Medical Examination - considered him fit for active service - Date Feb. 26th 1916
Place: Horsham, Vic.
Certificate of Commanding Officer - certifying above correct - Date: 11.7.16 Place: Broadmeadows
1916, September 25 - Embarked "Shropshire" from Melbourne - Disembarked Plymouth 11.11.16
1916, December 28 - Adm. Milty. Hospital, Fovant - Orchitis - Discharged 5.1.17
1917, February 6 - Proceed Overseas France per S.S. Invicta - Folkestone
1917, May 17 - Admitted to Canadian Red Cross Hospital, Taplow, England, suffering from Gunshot Wound
left thigh.
1917, October 16 - Wounded in Action
1917, November 1 - Admitted to 1st Western General Hospital, Liverpool, England, suffering from gunshot
wound right forearm, severe.
There are lot of Hospital visits throughout - listed major ones only.
1919, March 3 - Discharged - Returned to Australia: "Ulysses" leaving England 18.1.19
1923, December 13 - Medals Received: British War Medal 55302: Victory Medal 54055 & Star Medal
Submitted 20 September 2015 by Kay Bell