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HALLETT, George Henry
| Service Number: | 1732 |
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| Enlisted: | 16 June 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 32nd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Warracknabeal, Victoria, Australia , 29 September 1895 |
| Home Town: | Not yet discovered |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Farmer |
| Died: | heart failure and asphyxia, Renmark, South Australia, 14 March 1959, aged 63 years |
| Cemetery: |
Renmark Cemetery, S.A. Section O, Plot 79 |
| Memorials: | Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, Yankalilla District Roll of Honour WW1, Yankalilla War Memorial Wall |
World War 1 Service
| 16 Jun 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, 1732, 32nd Infantry Battalion | |
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| 11 Jan 1916: | Involvement Private, 1732, 32nd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '17' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Borda embarkation_ship_number: A30 public_note: '' | |
| 11 Jan 1916: | Embarked Private, 1732, 32nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Borda, Adelaide | |
| 11 Nov 1918: | Involvement Private, 1732 | |
| 13 Jul 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, 1732, 32nd Infantry Battalion | |
| Date unknown: | Wounded 1732, 32nd Infantry Battalion |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Paul Lemar
George was born at Warracknabeal, Victoria on 29.09.1895 to Johann Jack HALLETT (1854-1900) and Jane ROWLEY. (1860-1946). His mother already had children from a previous relationship.
From all accounts, it would seem that the HALLETT children did not have the best of upbringings and some/all of them ended up as state wards.
At the time of his enlistment, George was a farmer at Myponga.
George married Emma LEES at Norwood on 26.05.1923.
George died at Renmark on 14.03.1959 aged 63.
Military
George joined the AIF on 16 June 1915 and was allocated service number 1732. He was given permission to join the military in a letter signed by his mother.
He embarked on 11.01.1916 with the 2nd reinforcements of the 32nd Battalion to Egypt. He joined the 15th Battalion on 06.03.1916 arriving in France on 08.06.1916.
Pte HALLETT was reported as wounded in action at the battle of Pozieres on 09.08.1916 with shrapnel wounds. On 14.11.1916, he was advised as a prisoner of war (POW) and was interred at Dulman, Munster, and Friedrichsfeld POW camps, Germany.
Official notification of his status as a POW was sent to his mother on 05.12.1916.
At the end of the war, he was repatriated to England on 02.12.1918 and returned to Australia at the end of the war arriving on 18.04.1919
He has been officially discharged from the AIF on 13.07.1919.
Memorials: Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, Yankalilla District Roll of Honour WW1, Yankalilla War Memorial Wall
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