George Edward UNWIN

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Service Number:	64526
Enlisted:	Not yet discovered
Last Rank:	Trooper
Last Unit:	8th Light Horse Regiment
Born:	Koroir, Victoria, Australia, 29 December 1877
Home Town:	Saint Kilda, Port Phillip, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Dairy Famer
Died:	Cobden, Victoria, Australia, 1945, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Not yet discovered
Memorials:

Date unknown:	Involvement Trooper, 64526, 8th Light Horse Regiment

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Occupation post was a dairy farmer.

Son of Henry Jabez Unwin and Susan Unwin nee Hayhoe of Koroit, Victoria.

Husband of Catherine Unwin nee Depean of Marriott Street, St. Kilda, Victoria. George and Catherine married during 1918c in Victoria

27 May 1918 - enlisted in Melbourne with the 6th General Re-inforcements(Egypt) with rank of Private

14 September 1918 - embarked HMAT Port Darwin at Sydney disembarking at Suez on 20 October 1918

4 March 1919 - transferred to the 8th Light Horse Regiment with the rank of Trooper

7 August 1919 - returned to Australia aboard HT Malta

Medal: British War Medal

22 August 1919 - discharged at the 3rd Military District