WOOLLEY, George Herbert
| Service Number: | 5436 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 21st Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Not yet discovered |
| Home Town: | Moonee Ponds, Moonee Valley, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Died: | Wounds and pneumonia, Birmingham, Birmingham, West Midlands, England, United Kingdom, France, 21 April 1917, age not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Birmingham (Lodge Hill) Cemetery, Warwickshire, England |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 28 Jul 1916: | Involvement Private, 5436, 22nd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '13' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Themistocles embarkation_ship_number: A32 public_note: '' | |
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| 28 Jul 1916: | Embarked Private, 5436, 22nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Themistocles, Melbourne | |
| 20 Apr 1917: | Involvement Private, 5436, 21st Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 5436 awm_unit: 21st Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1917-04-20 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Cathy Sedgwick
The summary below was completed by Cathy Sedgwick – Facebook “WW1 Australian War Graves in England/UK/Scotland/Ireland”
Died on this date – 20th April…… George Herbert Woolley was born at Maribyrnong, Victoria on 22nd May, 1875.
He married Agnes Caroline Carter on 18th January, 1899 in Broken Hill, New South Wales. A son – Herbert Reginald Woolley was born on 30th November, 1900 at Coleraine, Victoria.
On 18th March, 1916 George Herbert Woolley enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force (A.I.F.) stating he was a 37 year old, married, Carpenter from Moonee Ponds, Victoria.
Private George Herbert Woolley, Service number 5436, embarked from Melbourne, Victoria on HMAT Themistocles (A32) on 28th July, 1916 with the 6th Infantry Brigade, 21st Infantry Battalion, 14th Reinforcements & disembarked at Plymouth, England on 11th September, 1916.
Reinforcements were only given basic training in Australia. Training was completed in training units in England. Some of these were located in the Salisbury Plain & surrounding areas in the county of Wiltshire.
He proceeded overseas to France on 16th November, 1916 per S.S. Victoria & was marched in to 2nd A.D.B.D. (Australian Divisional Base Depot) at Etaples, France on 17th November, 1916. Private Woolley joined 21st Battalion in France on 2nd December, 1916 from 14th Reinforcements.
Private George Herbert Woolley was wounded in action in France on 10th February, 1917. He was admitted to 5th Australian Field Ambulance & transferred to Casualty Clearing Station on 11th February, 1917 with shrapnel wounds to right Arm. Private Woolley was transferred to 12th General Hospital at Rouen on 13th February, 1917 with G.S.W. (gunshot wound/s) to Right Arm. He was transferred to England on 6th March, 1917 on Hospital Ship St. David.
On 7th March, 1917 Private Woolley was admitted to 2nd Birmingham War Hospital, Northfield, England. He was removed from Seriously Ill List.
Private George Herbert Woolley died at 6.45 pm on 20th April, 1917 at 2nd Birmingham War Hospital, Northfield, Birmingham, England from wounds received in action – G.S.W. right Arm & Septic Pneumonia.
He was buried in Lodge Hill Cemetery, Selly Oak, Birmingham, England where 54 other WW1 Australian War Graves are located. His name is remembered on the Commonwealth War Graves Commission Screen Wall B10. 469 as he does not have a headstone.
(The above is a summary of my research. The full research can be found by following the link below)
https://ww1austburialsuk.weebly.com/-lodge-hill.html
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