STEER, George Colin
| Service Number: | 178 |
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| Enlisted: | 20 August 1914 |
| Last Rank: | Sergeant |
| Last Unit: | 10th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Goroke, Victoria, 17 January 1893 |
| Home Town: | Maylands (SA), Norwood Payneham St Peters, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Wellington Road Public School, [Now Mt Barker High School], South Australia |
| Occupation: | Carpenter and Joiner |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, 10 August 1918, aged 25 years |
| Cemetery: |
Heath Cemetery, Picardie, France Plot VII, Row G, Grave 11, Heath Cemetery, Harbonnieres, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Norwood Baptist Church WW1 Honour Rolls, St Peters Heroes War Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 20 Aug 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private | |
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| 20 Oct 1914: | Involvement Sergeant, 178, 10th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Ascanius embarkation_ship_number: A11 public_note: '' | |
| 20 Oct 1914: | Embarked Sergeant, 178, 10th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ascanius, Adelaide |
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Sergeant George Colin Steer
A carpenter from Maylands, South Australia (10th battalion) whose Mother lived on Phyllis Street, Maylands.
Sergeant Steer enlisted in 1914 and served in Gallipoli and seriously wounded in May 1915 and returned to Gallipoli in August 1915 before again being evacuated, dangerously ill with influenza in September 1915. His record states he was Killed in Action on 10 August 1918 aged 25 years “by a rifle bullet while on patrol near Lihons”.
Biography contributed by Faithe Jones
Sergeant GEORGE C. STEER, the youngest son of Mrs. C. M. Steer, of Phillis-street, Maylands, was born in Victoria, but at an early age came to this State, and was educated at Wellington road State school. He was enthusiastic on military training, and in days of peace had undergone a thorough training in various departments of military service, and put in the customary periods of drill in annual camps. When war was declared he was one of the first to put down his name, and lined up with the earliest volunteers at Morphettville to form the immortal 10th Battalion. He took part in the landing at Gallipoll, was wounded, and subsequently ill for many months. He rejoined his battalion in France, and saw active service, till again laid aside by illness. Although he had a chance to come back to Australia, he decided to 'carry on' with his comrades, already so sadly depleted by the long-drawn conflict, and he met his death on the field of action on August 10. He was a faithful member of the Norwood Baptist Church, serving in the capacity of door steward, and librarian for a number of years of the Sunday-school. He would have been 26 years old next January.
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