PROUDMAN, George Henry
| Other Name: | Lynch, George - WW1 Alias |
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| Service Numbers: | 1232, NX114929 |
| Enlisted: | 5 March 1915, Liverpool, NSW |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 17th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Sydney, NSW, 17 February 1898 |
| Home Town: | Bondi, Waverley, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Carpenter later an Accountant |
| Died: | Natural Causes, Randwick, NSW, 16 February 1977, aged 78 years |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 5 Mar 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1232, 17th Infantry Battalion, Liverpool, NSW | |
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| 12 May 1915: | Embarked Private, 1232, 17th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Themistocles, Sydney | |
| 12 May 1915: | Involvement Private, 1232, 17th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Themistocles embarkation_ship_number: A32 public_note: '' |
World War 2 Service
| 19 Apr 1940: | Enlisted NX114929 | |
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| 20 Nov 1946: | Discharged NX114929 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
George Henry Proudman was born George Henry Islaub to Frederick and Jane Islaub on the 17th of February 1898, at Sydney in the Colony of New South Wales. George’s father dies in 1903 and his mother in 1905. There is very little known about George’s early life, he had two older siblings who retained their parent’s surname, but George’s name at one point was George Henry Islaub Proudman, later changing to George Henry Proudman.
George enlisted in the Australian Imperial Forces on the 5th of March 1915, under an alias of George Lynch, and increased his age by two years. George was posted to the 17th Battalion and was deployed to the Gallipoli Peninsula in mid-August 1915. He was evacuated off the peninsula to Gibraltar when he was suffering from jaundice, he then was sent to England for recovery. After a long period of convalescence he was deployed to the Western Front, in mid-1916. He was wounded in France with a mild gun shot wound to his mouth and face in early August 1916, and after a short recuperation he was discharged from the hospital by the end of the month.
George continues serve with the 17th Battalion through France and Belgium until mid-October 1917 when he was wounded in the back, left heel and thigh. These wounds ended his service in the Great War, and he returned to Australia in May 1918 for discharge.
In 1921 George married Miss Clara Irene Campbell, a union which lasts over 55 years and produces two sons, George Strathmore Islaub Proudman OAM (The “George Proudman Fellowship” is awarded for the enhancement of skills in stonemasonry, is named in his honour) and Rev John Henry Islaub Proudman. In February 1924, George passes his final exams to become an accountant, a profession he maintained for the rest of his working life.
George re-joins the army in April 1940, to support the war effort during the Second World War with the rank of Private. Two years later in February 1942, he is commissioned to the rank of Lieutenant and then to Captain in December 1943. In January 1944, George held the position of Army Liaison Officer to the British Trade delegation when they visited Australia. In November 1946, he is discharged due to the end of hostilities the year prior, all of George’s service was in Australia.
In 1960-1961 George held a position of an honorary consular representative in Australia for the country of El-Salvador. George died on the 16th of February 1977 in Randwick a day before his 79th birthday, New South Wales, he was survived by his wife of nearly 56 years and his two sons.
Reference –
NSW Births Deaths and Marriages Website
Ancestry Website
NLA Trove Newspapers Website
NAA WW2 Records Website
Samual Cox, PM, April 2023
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