GRAVES, George Patrick
| Service Number: | 3144 |
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| Enlisted: | 2 August 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 52nd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Tinderbox Bay, Tasmania, Australia, 27 March 1889 |
| Home Town: | Southport, Tasmania |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Bushman |
| Died: | Killed in action, Mouquet Farm, France, 4 September 1916, aged 27 years |
| Cemetery: |
Courcelette British Cemetery Plot VI, Row D, Grave No. 17. |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 2 Aug 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3144, 12th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 16 Oct 1915: | Involvement Private, 3144, 12th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Port Lincoln embarkation_ship_number: A17 public_note: '' | |
| 16 Oct 1915: | Embarked Private, 3144, 12th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Port Lincoln, Melbourne | |
| 4 Sep 1916: | Involvement Private, 3144, 52nd Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 3144 awm_unit: 52nd Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1916-09-04 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Stephen Brooks
George Patrick Graves was an adopted child. He was taken into the care of the Tasmanian Department for Neglected Children on 27 February 1900, when he was 10 years of age. He was adopted by William and Elizabeth Bradford of Southport, Tasmania a few months later. It was stated by Mrs. Bradford (foster mother) that his birth mother had died and he was malnourished when she adopted him.
George was reported missing during the last attack by the Australians on Mouquet Farm. He was seen by several eye witnesses to have been killed by shell fire.
His foster mother, Elizabeth Lily Bradford received his medals and war gratuity. George's remains were discovered by the War Graves staff in 1920 and he was reinterred in the Courcelette British Cemetery.
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