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WHITBREAD, George Henry
| Service Number: | 207 |
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| Enlisted: | 11 January 1916, at Adelaide |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 43rd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Adelaide, South Australia, February 1865 |
| Home Town: | Maylands (SA), Norwood Payneham St Peters, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Painter and miner |
| Memorials: | Glenelg and District WW1 & WW2 Honour Board |
World War 1 Service
| 11 Jan 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 207, 43rd Infantry Battalion, at Adelaide | |
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| 9 Jun 1916: | Involvement Private, 207, 43rd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '18' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Afric embarkation_ship_number: A19 public_note: '' | |
| 9 Jun 1916: | Embarked Private, 207, 43rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Afric, Adelaide |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Saint Ignatius' College
George Henry Whitbread was a great man, he was very brave to go to war at the age of 50 and 11 months. George was born in 1865. He was a miner and a painter, and had no military experience. He was a married man. George Henry Whitbread height was 5 feet and 6 and a half inches. He had a weight of 58kg, and he also has a chest measurement of 33.35 and a half inches. He also has very nice blue eyes and he also had grey hair.
George travelled initially to France, arriving in July 1916 with the 43rd Battalion. Over the next several months he alternated time with his unit with time in hospital. In July 1917 the decision was finally made to return him to Australia as overage and unable to physically keep up with the demands of soldiering.