George Charles BURCH

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Service Number:	2132
Enlisted:	10 June 1915, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	4th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Soho, London, England, 1878
Home Town:	Sydney, City of Sydney, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Electrician
Died:	Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 6 August 1915
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing

10 Jun 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2132, 4th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW
16 Jun 1915:	Involvement Private, 2132, 4th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Karoola embarkation_ship_number: A63 public_note: ''
16 Jun 1915:	Embarked Private, 2132, 4th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Karoola, Sydney

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Next of kin given as his brother Charles Burch of 'Dougate Dock' Thames Street, London, England

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

Previously served with the British Army's Royal Engineers