George William FIRMIN

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FIRMIN, George William

Service Numbers:	1142, 1147
Enlisted:	14 September 1914
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	8th Infantry Battalion
Born:	North Hazelwood, Morwell Victoria Australia, date not yet discovered
Home Town:	Morwell, Latrobe, Victoria
Schooling:	Jeeralang State School, Victoria
Occupation:	Farmer
Died:	Killed in Action, Bullecourt, France, 8 May 1917, age not yet discovered
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Commemorated ton the Australian National Memorial Villers Bretonneux
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Yinnar War Memorial, Yinnar and Districts Honour Roll

World War 1 Service

14 Sep 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1142, 8th Infantry Battalion
22 Dec 1914:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 1142, 8th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Themistocles embarkation_ship_number: A32 public_note: ''
25 Apr 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1142, 8th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli
28 Aug 1915:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 1142, 8th Infantry Battalion, The August Offensive - Lone Pine, Suvla Bay, Sari Bair, The Nek and Hill 60 - Gallipoli
23 Jul 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1142, 8th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières
8 May 1917:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1147, 8th Infantry Battalion, Bullecourt (Second), --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 1147 awm_unit: 8 Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1917-05-08

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Biography contributed by Steve Larkins

George William FIRMIN (1891 -1917)

Son of Alfred and Priscilla FIRMIN, "Abbeywood", Morwell, Victoria

George had two brothers who served. Only one of the three survived the war George and ALfred were killed within a month of one another in early 1917.
1694 Pte Alfred FIRMIN, 46th Bn, killed in action, 11 April 1917; 1141 Pte Charles Fenton FIRMIN, 8th Bn, returned to Australia, 10 June 1915.

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