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FLIGHT, George Robert Joseph

Service Number:	4486
Enlisted:	26 October 1915, Bendigo, Victoria
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	57th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Kerang, Victoria, Australia, November 1897
Home Town:	Bendigo, Greater Bendigo, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Horse Hair Dresser
Died:	Medical complications, Mother's residence, Bendigo, Victoria, Australia, 10 July 1918
Cemetery:	Bendigo Civil Cemetery Mon. H1. 18279.
Memorials:	Bendigo Great War Roll of Honor

World War 1 Service

26 Oct 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, 4486, Bendigo, Victoria
28 Jan 1916:	Involvement Private, 4486, 7th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Themistocles embarkation_ship_number: A32 public_note: ''
28 Jan 1916:	Embarked Private, 4486, 7th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Themistocles, Melbourne
1 Apr 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 57th Infantry Battalion
26 Aug 1916:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 4486, 57th Infantry Battalion, reported as GSW left leg, later labelled as Necrosis left femur
12 Nov 1916:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 4486, 57th Infantry Battalion, RTA per Wiltshire, disembarked Melbourne 31-12-1916 and admitted to 11th AGH, Caulfield
24 Apr 1917:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 4486, 57th Infantry Battalion, Medically Unfit

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