BOURNE, George
| Service Number: | 33706 |
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| Enlisted: | 25 September 1916, Brisbane, Queensland |
| Last Rank: | Driver |
| Last Unit: | 1st Divisional Ammunition Column |
| Born: | Talgai East, Queensland, 27 June 1892 |
| Home Town: | Fortitude Valley, Brisbane, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Tram conductor |
| Died: | Natural causes, Brisbane, Queensland, 3 July 1972, aged 80 years |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
| Memorials: | Allora Shire Soldiers Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 25 Sep 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 33706, Brisbane, Queensland | |
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| 10 May 1917: | Involvement Driver, 33706, Field Artillery Brigades, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '4' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Marathon embarkation_ship_number: A74 public_note: '' | |
| 10 May 1917: | Embarked Driver, 33706, Field Artillery Brigades, HMAT Marathon, Sydney | |
| 13 Oct 1917: | Transferred AIF WW1, Driver, 1st Divisional Ammunition Column | |
| 13 Jul 1918: | Discharged AIF WW1, Driver, 33706, 1st Divisional Ammunition Column, Medically discharged |
World War 2 Service
| 8 May 1942: | Enlisted |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Sharyn Roberts
'PERSONAL NOTES.
Mr Charles Bourne, Brookes-street, Valley, has received word that his youngest son, Driver George Bourne, was admitted to Norwich Hospital on January 4, suffering from the effects of shell shock. Another son, Corporal A. E. Bourne, Imperial Camel Corps, is in hospital suffering from wounds received in Palestine on November 11. Mr Bourne has two other sons at the Front - Corporal H. Bourne, A.A.M.C., who was slightly wounded at Gallipoli and is somewhere in France and Lieutenant C. H. Bourne, of the Remount Unit, who has been in Egypt for the past two years. Another son, Captain J. F. Bourne, has successfully passed through the officers' training school at Duntroon and is waiting an appointment in the A.I.F.' from The Brisbane Courier 21 Jan 1918 (nla.gov.au)
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