George Leslie VICCARS

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Service Number:	22051
Enlisted:	16 February 1916, Enlisted at Prahran, Victoria
Last Rank:	Battery Quartermaster Sergeant
Last Unit:	1st Field Artillery Brigade
Born:	Creswick, Victoria, Australia, 1889
Home Town:	South Yarra, Melbourne, Victoria
Schooling:	Molesworth State School, Victoria, Australia
Occupation:	Railway Employee
Died:	Brighton, Victoria, Australia, 22 November 1946, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Wall 32, Row B
Memorials:	Molesworth State School Roll of Honor

16 Feb 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Gunner, 22051, 23rd Field Artillery (Howitzer) Brigade, Enlisted at Prahran, Victoria
20 May 1916:	Embarked 22051, 23rd Field Artillery (Howitzer) Brigade, HMAT Medic, Melbourne
20 May 1916:	Involvement 22051, 23rd Field Artillery (Howitzer) Brigade, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '4' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Medic embarkation_ship_number: A7 public_note: ''
6 Jan 1917:	Transferred AIF WW1, Gunner, 8th Field Artillery Brigade , From 23rd Field Artillery Brigade
10 Mar 1917:	Transferred AIF WW1, 3rd Divisional Ammunition Column, From 3rd Division Artillery Details
20 Jun 1918:	Transferred AIF WW1, 1st Field Artillery Brigade, From 1st Divisional Ammunition Column
20 Sep 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Battery Quartermaster Sergeant, 22051, 1st Field Artillery Brigade, Discharged at the 3rd Military District

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Son of George Viccars and Elizabeth Ann Viccars nee Punshon of Park Street, South Yarra, Victoria.

Brother of Archibald Charles Viccars who returned to Australia on 24 August 1919 having served with the 5th Divisional Signal Company

Commenced return to Australia on 20 June 1919 aboard HT Konig Frederich August disembarking on 6 August 1919

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

During 1928c George married Honora Eileen Cotter in Victoria