STATHAM, George William
| Service Number: | 3241 |
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| Enlisted: | 15 September 1915, Royal Park - Melbourne, Vic, Australia; Unit (Specifically): "23rd Depot Battalion", from 15/09/1915, interim to eventual transfer: 11/10/1915, Unit: 23rd Australian Infantry Battalion; (NAA, Pg-4). |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 59th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Mackay, Queensland, Australia, 25 April 1888 |
| Home Town: | Traralgon, Latrobe, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Leongatha State School,Victoria, Australia |
| Occupation: | Railway employee |
| Died: | GSW to right hip & Pyaemia, 1st Eastern General Hospital - Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, UK., United Kingdom, 14 August 1916, aged 28 years |
| Cemetery: |
Cambridge City Cemetery, United Kingdom Grave Reference: C. 3399., |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Korumburra War Memorial, Traralgon War Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 15 Sep 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3241, Royal Park - Melbourne, Vic, Australia; Unit (Specifically): "23rd Depot Battalion", from 15/09/1915, interim to eventual transfer: 11/10/1915, Unit: 23rd Australian Infantry Battalion; (NAA, Pg-4). | |
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| 11 Oct 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 3241, 23rd Infantry Battalion, (NAA, Pg-4, 15) | |
| 11 Oct 1915: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 23rd Infantry Battalion, (NAA, Pg-4) | |
| 26 Nov 1915: | Involvement Private, 3241, 23rd Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '14' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Commonwealth embarkation_ship_number: A73 public_note: '' | |
| 26 Nov 1915: | Embarked Private, 3241, 23rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Commonwealth, Melbourne | |
| 23 Feb 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 3241, 58th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , (NAA, Pg-15) | |
| 23 Feb 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 58th Infantry Battalion, (NAA, Pg-15) | |
| 15 Mar 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 3241, 59th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , (NAA, Pg-15) | |
| 15 Mar 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 59th Infantry Battalion, (NAA, Pg-15) | |
| 19 Jul 1916: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 3241, 59th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , Wounded in Action - as per stated: 19/07/1916, (G.S.W - arm, & buttock), Pozieres, France; (Medically Debilitated) at this point - Pte, G.W. Stathom, would have been exempt from - AIF-WW1-59th A.I.Btn., war duty (Medically Discharged). Pte, G.W. Stathom - was admitted (admitt, 1st East., Gn., Hosp., Cambridge), Date: 24/07/1916; to further the demise of Private - George William Statham, SN-3241, on the Date: 14/08/1916, at 1st Eastern General Hospital - Cambridge, England; (NAA, Pg's-8, 13). | |
| 19 Jul 1916: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 3241, 59th Infantry Battalion, Discharge (Medical): 19/07/1916, medically debilitated by (G.S.W - arm, & buttock); medically exempt at point of war duty - as per further stated (admitt., 1st East., Gn., Hosp - Cambridge, England) Date: 24/07/1916; to his, Pte., George W. Stathoms', eventual demise - date: 14/08/1916, (NAA, Pg's-8, 13). | |
| 14 Aug 1916: | Involvement Private, 3241, 59th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 3241 awm_unit: 59th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1916-08-14 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Daniel Bishop
[AWM - Roll of Honour; Place of Association] Hometown: Taralgon, Gippsland Region, Victoria, Australia.
Son of John Walford STATHAM & Mary (nee KAVANAGH) STATHAM.
Next of Kin - Mother: Mary Statham.
Born: George William Statham Walford, 25/04/1888, (QLD Birth Register, Reg No: 1888/ 6717); Reference: Queensland Registry - Births, Deaths & Marriages - Family History Research.
Biography contributed by Cathy Sedgwick
The summary below was completed by Cathy Sedgwick (OAM) – Facebook “WW1 Australian War Graves in England/UK/Scotland/Ireland”
George William Statham was born at Mackay, Queensland on 25th April, 1888 to parents John Walford Statham and Mary Statham (nee Kavanagh).
He enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force (A.I.F.) on 15th September, 1915 as a 27 year old, single, Railway Employee from Korumburra, Victoria.
Private George William Statham, Service number 3241, embarked from Melbourne, Victoria on HMAT Commonwealth (A73) on 26th November, 1915 with the 6th Infantry Brigade, 23rd Infantry Battalion, 7th Reinforcements.
On 18th January, 1916 Private Statham was admitted to 3rd Auxiliary Hospital at Cairo due to Dental work. He was discharged to duty at Zeitoun on 20th January, 1916.
He was allotted to & proceeded to join 58th Battalion on 23rd February, 1916 from Zeitoun from 6th Training Battalion. Private Statham was taken on strength of 58th Battalion from Reinforcements of 23rd Battalion at Tel-el-Kebir on 23rd February, 1916.
Private Statham was transferred from 58th Battalion to 59th Battalion on 15th March, 1916 at Tel-el-Kebir & was taken on strength of 59th Battalion the same day.
On 18th June, 1916 Private Statham embarked from Alexandria on Kinfauns Castle to join B.E.F. (British Expeditionary Force). He disembarked at Marseilles, France on 29th June, 1916.
Private George William Statham was wounded in action in France on 19th July, 1916. He was admitted to NO. 1 Australian Casualty Clearing Station on 21st July, 1917 with gunshot wounds to back & arms. Private Statham was transferred to Ambulance Train on 22nd July, 1916 then admitted to No. 2 Canadian Stationary Hospital at Outreau on 22nd July, 1916. He embarked on Hospital Ship St. David at Boulogne for England on 24th July, 1916 with gunshot wounds to right buttock.
He was admitted to 1st Eastern General Hospital, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England on 24th July, 1916 with gunshot wounds to left arm & right buttock “Wd. 15. Ex. C. (serious).”
Private George William Statham died at 8 pm on 14th August, 1916 at 1st Eastern General Hospital, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England.
A Post Mortem was conducted on 15th August, 1916 by Captain W. Malden, Pathologist: “Thin man, extensive sound right hip area, great trochauter (?) extending down to bone. Very foul & sloughy. Hip joint involved, no part of pelvis. Head – a good deal of C.S. fluid escaped, no meningitis, large septic abscess posterior tip of rt occipital lobe extending into lateral ventricle. Thorax – Rt lung large ___ant and margin middle lobe. Left lung normal. Heart – recent granulations in auricle ventricular valve rt side left side normal. Liver – bubbles ex__ on section. System – large difluent much extravasation of blood inside pelvis behind pertonenan.” Cause of death - from wounds received in action in France – gunshot wounds to right hip & Pyaemia.
He was buried in Cambridge City Cemetery, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England – Grave site D, Plot No. 2608.
In April, 1920 Mrs M. Statham, of 58 Raglan Street, South Melbourne, Victoria, mother of the late Private George William Statham, was advised by Base Records that the remains of her late son had been exhumed from former site & re-interred in Grave No. 3399 Section “C”, Cambridge Cemetery, Cambridge, England. “This work is carried out with every measure of care and reverence in the presence of a Chaplain.”
Private George William Statham has a Commonwealth War Graves Commission headstone.
(The above is a summary of my research. The full research can be found by following the link below)
https://ww1austburialsuk.weebly.com/city.html
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