WOOTTON, George Charles Howell
| Service Number: | 3525 |
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| Enlisted: | 26 July 1915, Liverpool, New South Wales |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 53rd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Redfern, New South Wales, Australia, 28 July 1892 |
| Home Town: | Ashfield, Ashfield, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Unknown |
| Occupation: | Salesman |
| Died: | Killed in action, Belgium, 19 October 1917, aged 25 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium |
| Memorials: | Anthony Hordern & Sons Ltd. Pictorial HR, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 26 Jul 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3525, Liverpool, New South Wales | |
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| 5 Oct 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 3525, 1st Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Themistocles embarkation_ship_number: A32 public_note: '' | |
| 5 Oct 1915: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 3525, 1st Infantry Battalion, HMAT Themistocles, Sydney | |
| 19 Oct 1917: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 3525, 53rd Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres |
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George Charles Howell WOOTTON was born in Redfern, Sydney on 28th July, 1892
His parents were George WOOTTON & Phoebe Thomas WILLIAMS who married in Sydney in 1891
Biography contributed by Stephen Brooks
George Charles Howell Wootton was an employee of Sydney department store Anthony Hordern and Sons Ltd., prior to enlistment.
His 19-year-old younger brother, 2025 Private Sylvanus Kerns Wootton, 45th Battalion AIF was killed in action at Messines only three months before George died at Passchendaele.
Their family, who lived in Ashfield, New South Wales, posted a death notice during November 1917, of which the final lines read,
“This war is cruel.
This war is sad,
It took from us our two darling lads.”
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