George Thomas HESSEY

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Service Number:	1661
Enlisted:	20 August 1914, Enlisted at Brisbane, QLD
Last Rank:	Gunner
Last Unit:	3rd Field Artillery Brigade
Born:	Dermondsey, London, England, 1880
Home Town:	Brisbane, Brisbane, Queensland
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Southampshire, England, 1936, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Not yet discovered
Memorials:

20 Aug 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Gunner, 1661, 3rd Field Artillery Brigade , Enlisted at Brisbane, QLD
25 Sep 1914:	Involvement Gunner, 1661, 3rd Field Artillery Brigade , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '3' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Rangatira embarkation_ship_number: A22 public_note: ''
25 Sep 1914:	Embarked Gunner, 1661, 3rd Field Artillery Brigade , HMAT Rangatira, Brisbane
14 Sep 1917:	Wounded AIF WW1, Gunner, 1661, Severe wound to the left leg. Later amputated. Invalided to England on 29 September 1917
26 Jun 1918:	Discharged AIF WW1, Gunner, 1661, 3rd Field Artillery Brigade , Discharged at the 1st Military District as wounded

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Next of kin given as his brother Charles Hessey of Queen's Row, Walworth Road, London, England later changed to his sister N. Wyatt

Commenced return to Australia on 16 March 1919 aboard HT Kanowna disembarking as Sydney for onward travel to Brisbane

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

Later returned to England to marry and had no relatives in Australia