NEWBOUND, George Albert
| Service Number: | 65 |
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| Enlisted: | 9 February 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 22nd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | South Melbourne, Victoria, October 1885 |
| Home Town: | Burnley, Yarra, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Eastern Road State School , South Melbourne. |
| Occupation: | Cook |
| Died: | Suicide, Shrapnel Gully, Gallipoli, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 1 October 1915 |
| Cemetery: |
Shrapnel Valley Cemetery, Gallipoli Plot II, Row D, Grave No. 46 |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 9 Feb 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 65, 22nd Infantry Battalion | |
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| 10 May 1915: | Involvement Private, 65, 22nd Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '14' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ulysses embarkation_ship_number: A38 public_note: '' | |
| 10 May 1915: | Embarked Private, 65, 22nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ulysses, Melbourne |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Evan Evans
From Johan Moors, Footsteps in 1914-1918
Pte George Albert Newbound
22nd Bn. Australian Infantry
Born 1886, Melbourne was , as his brother , educated at Easter Road State School and employed as a chainman and cook before enlistment.
He enlisted , 9 February 1915, in Melbourne and was posted to the reinforcements , 22nd Bn. AIF.
Embarked at Melbourne per Troopship ‘ Ulysses’ for Egypt and finally joined the Battalion at Gallipoli.
He died October 1st , 1915 at Shrapnel Gully but there was a request for an inquiry to his death.
The Board of Inquiry , 2nd Division , confirmed that the cause of death was to be changed to suicide.
An extract from the War Diary , 1 October 1915 Anzac:
‘ Dense fog in Front this morning, only 10 yards in front of parapet visible. Doubled sentries on part if the firing line and others warned for alertness. Two casualties and one man suicided.’
He was buried in Shrapnel Valley Cemetery.
Lest We Forget
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