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NEWBOUND, George
| Service Number: | 949 |
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| Enlisted: | 18 August 1914 |
| Last Rank: | Lance Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 7th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Barnawartha, New South Wales, Australia, 29 August 1889 |
| Home Town: | Gooramadda, Indigo, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia, 29 October 1958, aged 69 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Sandgate General Cemetery, Newcastle, NSW ANGLICAN 3-202. 47. |
| Memorials: | Howlong Roll of Honor |
World War 1 Service
| 18 Aug 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 949, 7th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 19 Oct 1914: | Involvement Private, 949, 7th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Hororata embarkation_ship_number: A20 public_note: '' | |
| 19 Oct 1914: | Embarked Private, 949, 7th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Hororata, Melbourne | |
| 14 May 1915: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 949, 7th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, GSW to shoulder | |
| 27 Jul 1917: | Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 7th Infantry Battalion | |
| 28 Oct 1917: | Wounded AIF WW1, Lance Sergeant, 949, 7th Infantry Battalion, 1st Passchendaele, 28.10.1917 (GSW back) | |
| 9 Aug 1918: | Wounded AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 949, 7th Infantry Battalion, The Battle of Amiens, GSW to back | |
| 11 Nov 1918: | Involvement Lance Corporal, 949, 7th Infantry Battalion | |
| 28 Mar 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 949, 7th Infantry Battalion, 3rd MD |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Evan Evans
From Gary Mitchell, Sandgate Cemetery
An Original Anzac who served and suffered during The Great War, now resting at Sandgate Cemetery, not forgotten.
63 years ago today, on the 31st October 1958, Lance Corporal George Newbound, 7th Battalion (Reg No-949), labourer from Gooramadda via Rutherglen, Victoria and Newcastle? N.S.W., was laid to rest at Sandgate Cemetery, age 69. ANGLICAN 3-202. 47.
Born at Howlong, New South Wales on the 29th August 1889 to James and Susan Newbound; husband of Elsie Newbound nee Ford (married 22.5.1916 at Epsom, United Kingdom, died?), George enlisted August 1914 at Rutherglen, Victoria.
Wounded in action - 8.5.1915 (GSW shoulder), 28.10.1917 (GSW back), 9.8.1918 (GSW back).
Admitted to hospital 16.7.1915 (GSW foot), 4.12.1915 (enteric fever, severe), 15.11.1916 (bronchial catarrh).
George returned home January 1919 (Special 1914 Leave), being discharged on the 28th March 1919.
Mr. Newbound’s name has been inscribed on the Howlong Great War Roll of Honor.
I located George resting in an unmarked grave, so May 2015 I placed a cross adorned with poppies on the gravesite, taken a photo of the grave and uploaded the photo onto the Northern Cemetery website as a permanent record of his service.
I will be submitting an application to DVA asking for a Commonwealth War Graves Plaque, curbing and marble chip to restore Honour and Dignity to this Great War veteran.
Lest We Forget.
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