George Lewis HAMMOND

HAMMOND, George Lewis

    Service Number: 1967
    Enlisted: 18 January 1915, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW
    Last Rank: Private
    Last Unit: 3rd Infantry Battalion
    Born: Burwood, New South Wales, Australia, 1894
    Home Town: Toowoomba, Toowoomba, Queensland
    Schooling: North Boys State School, Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia
    Occupation: Painter
    Died: Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 6 August 1915
    Cemetery: No known grave - "Known Unto God"
    No known grave Panel 20, Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey
    Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing, Toowoomba Queen of the South Lodge, Toowoomba Roll of Honour WW1, Toowoomba St Luke's Church WW1 Honour Roll, Toowoomba War Memorial (Mothers' Memorial)
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    World War 1 Service

    18 Jan 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1967, 3rd Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW
    13 Apr 1915: Involvement Private, 1967, 3rd Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Kyarra embarkation_ship_number: A55 public_note: ''
    13 Apr 1915: Embarked Private, 1967, 3rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Kyarra, Sydney

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    Biography contributed by Carol Foster

    Address at the time of enlistment was Neil Street, Toowoomba, QLD

    Son of Albert Charles and Jane Hammmond of Mary Street, West End, Townsville, QLD formerly of Toowoomba, QLD. Brother of Arthur James Hammond who returned to Australia on 5 April 1919 having served with the 25th Battalion

    Medals: 1914-15 Str, British War Medal, Victory Medal

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