George Gordon SAYER

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Service Number:	171
Enlisted:	24 August 1914, Enlisted at Brighton, Tasmania
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	12th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Bridgewater, Tasmania, Australia, 1890
Home Town:	Bridgewater (Tasmania), Brighton, Tasmania
Schooling:	Protestant School,Tasmania, Australia
Occupation:	Bushman
Died:	Sw To Shoulder, Gallipoli, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 25 April 1915
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" The Lone Pine Memorial (Panel 35), Gallipoli, Turkey, Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing

24 Aug 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 171, 12th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Brighton, Tasmania
20 Oct 1914:	Involvement Private, 171, 12th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Hobart embarkation_ship: HMAT Geelong embarkation_ship_number: A2 public_note: ''
20 Oct 1914:	Embarked Private, 171, 12th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Geelong, Hobart

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Son of Henry William and Bertha Sayer of Middleton, Tasmania

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

Also served in the Derwent Regiment