LOCKWOOD, George Hislop
| Service Number: | 1761 |
|---|---|
| Enlisted: | 20 August 1915, Adelaide South Australia Australia |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1) |
| Born: | Norwood, South Australia, 1890 |
| Home Town: | Norwood (SA), South Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Storekeeper |
| Died: | Shellfire, Bullecourt Nord-Pas-de-Calais France, 11 April 1917 |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" |
| Memorials: | Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France) |
World War 1 Service
| 20 Aug 1915: |
Involvement
AIF WW1, Private, 1761, 32nd Infantry Battalion, 2nd Reinforcements 32nd Battalion embarkation_roll: roll_number: 17 embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Borda embarkation_ship_number: A30 public_note: 11 Jan 1916
|
|
|---|---|---|
| 20 Aug 1915: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 1761, 32nd Infantry Battalion | |
| 20 Aug 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Adelaide South Australia Australia | |
| 11 Jan 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, HMAT Borda A30 | |
| 3 Mar 1916: |
Involvement
AIF WW1, 1761, 48th Infantry Battalion, On arrival in the UK / France, reionforcements were often re-assigned to other units particularly if the receiving unit had recently sustained casualties. Thus George avoided at least temporarily, the fate of many of his collegaues in the 32nd Battalion whoe were to be killed in their hundreds at Fromelles. The 48th, as was the case with the 32nd was a composite WA/SA Battalion. George's stay was short-lived however as he was soon tranferred to the 16th (a largely WA Battalion). |
|
| 7 Mar 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, 1761, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), Battle for Pozières | |
| 11 Apr 1917: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1761, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 1761 awm_unit: 16 Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1917-04-11 | |
| Date unknown: | Involvement 32nd Infantry Battalion, Fromelles (Fleurbaix) | |
| Date unknown: | Involvement 48th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières |
Help us honour George Hislop Lockwood's service by contributing information, stories, and images so that they can be preserved for future generations.
Add my storyBiography contributed by Robert Kearney
Brother of 3204 CSM John Lockwood, MM (/explore/people/48503) 27th Battalion.
270. George Hislop Lockwood (www.lockwoodons.webspace.virginmedia.com) was born about Jan 1890 in Adelaide, South Australia, Australia and died on 11 Apr 1917 in France aged about 27.
General Notes: Date of birth derived from him being 25 years 7 months old when he enlisted in August 1915.
1. From http://www.aif.adfa.edu.au:8080/showPerson?pid=178590
George Hislop LOCKWOOD
Regimental number 1761
Religion Church of England
Occupation Storekeeper
Marital status Single
Age at embarkation 25
Next of kin Uncle, Mr F.C. Pengilly, Motor Works, 50 Flinders Street, Adelaide, South Australia
Enlistment date 20 August 1915
Rank on enlistment Private
Unit name 32nd Battalion, 2nd Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number 23/49/2
Embarkation details Unit embarked from Adelaide, South Australia, on board HMAT A30 Borda on 11 January 1916
Rank from Nominal Roll Private
Unit from Nominal Roll 16th Battalion
Fate Killed in Action 11 April 1917
Place of burial No known grave
Commemoration details Australian National Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, France
Note that Frederick Charles Pengilly was the husband of Charlotte Scoresby Lockwood, an aunt of George.
2. There are 47 pages of service record at http://www.naa.gov.au/collection/.
He joined the 48th Battalion and was wounded in 1916 before being killed in 1917.
Clarification: George was assigned to the 2nd Reinforcements of the 32nd Battalion and embarked with them. As was often the case newly-arrived reinforcements were assigned to units that required more urgent replensihment of men after recent fighting and casualties. George was thus assigned to the 4th Division - initially to the 48th Battalion very briefly before moving across to D Company of the 16th Battalion with which he was to serve until his death at Bullecourt 12 months later. (per service record).
During figthing presumably near Mouquet Farm on the 30th August 1916 he was wounded by shrapnel to the right cheek. He was evacuated through the 4th Field Ambulance to the 3rd Casualty Clearing Station then via a Canadian Field Ambulance to the 8th Ambulance train ending up in N0 5 Convalescent Depot in Bolougne. He rejoined the 16th Battalion via the personnel depot at Etaples in November around Guedecourt just in time for the worst winter in living memory. He was charged with being AWL in early December for about 12 hours absence for which he received forfeiture of 22 days pay.
The 4th Division was part of the attack at First Bullecourt on the 11th April. George's luck ran out as part of a fatigue party getting rations and water for the front line troops. He was killed instantly by a shell which burst over he and his party and was buried in the field near where he fell. The exact location was obscured by susbequent fighting. He thus remains one of the "missing" somewhere in the Bullecourt battlefield. See his AWM ccount for details.
The SDA State Library may have the original documents provided to his next of kin.
British War Medal 31914
Victory Medal 31691
Commemorative Plaque - 309856
Steve Larkins 31 December 2013
Click images to start slideshow.