George ASTON MM

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Service Number:	6460
Enlisted:	26 April 1916, Ararat, Vic.
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	6th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Landsborough, Victoria, Australia, 1888
Home Town:	Landsborough, Pyrenees, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	1987, cause of death not yet discovered, place of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Not yet discovered
Memorials:	Landsborough Memorial Wall

26 Apr 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 6460, 6th Infantry Battalion, Ararat, Vic.
2 Oct 1916:	Involvement Private, 6460, 6th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Nestor embarkation_ship_number: A71 public_note: ''
2 Oct 1916:	Embarked Private, 6460, 6th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Nestor, Melbourne
15 Apr 1917:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 6460, 6th Infantry Battalion, German Withdrawal to Hindenburg Line and Outpost Villages, Lagnicourt
20 Sep 1917:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 6460, 6th Infantry Battalion, Menin Road
28 Oct 1917:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 6460, 6th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres
15 Dec 1917:	Honoured Military Medal, Third Ypres, Great gallantry in carrying out rescue of wounded under heavy shell fire (East of Zonnebeke).
14 Apr 1918:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 6460, 6th Infantry Battalion, German Spring Offensive 1918, Hazebrouck
8 Aug 1918:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 6460, 6th Infantry Battalion, The Battle of Amiens
23 Aug 1918:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 6460, 6th Infantry Battalion, Multiple SW to upper lip, legs and wrist sustained during the attack at Chuignes. Evacuated to UK. Fully recovered however never returned to unit.
30 Apr 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 6460, 6th Infantry Battalion, RTA 25 January 1919 for discharge (TPE).

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