George Herbert CAPES MID

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Service Numbers:	Not yet discovered
Enlisted:	14 August 1914, Enlisted in Victoria
Last Rank:	Lieutenant
Last Unit:	5th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Elsternwick, Victoria, Australia, 6 March 1893
Home Town:	Elsternwick, Glen Eira, Victoria
Schooling:	Victorian Public Schools & Royal Military College Duntroon, Canberra, Australia
Occupation:	Soldier
Died:	Camberwell, Victoria, Australia, 6 March 1935, aged 42 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Box Hill General Cemetery, Victoria Roman Catholic area, Row 72
Memorials:

14 Aug 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 5th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted in Victoria
21 Oct 1914:	Involvement Lieutenant, 5th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Orvieto embarkation_ship_number: A3 public_note: ''
21 Oct 1914:	Embarked Lieutenant, 5th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Orvieto, Melbourne
9 May 1915:	Wounded AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 5th Infantry Battalion, Severe wound to the right thigh and right arm
29 Jun 1915:	Honoured Mention in Dispatches, ANZAC / Gallipoli, For conspicuous gallantry. London Gazette on 5 November 1915, page 11002, position 61 Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 27 January 1916, page 156, position 93
31 Jan 1916:	Discharged AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 5th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 3rd Military District as medically unfit due to wounding

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Son of Herbert Oates Capes and Mary Ella Capes nee Corcoran of St. George's Road, Elsternwick, Victoria

Attended Duntroon Royal Military College between 1911 and 1914

Commenced return to Australia on 15 August 1915 aboard HT Themistocles as wounded

Medals & Awards: Mentioned in Despatches, 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

During 1926c George married Alma MacGillicuddy in Victoria

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