George Lyonel HENSON

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Service Number:	4823
Enlisted:	17 July 1915, Bendigo, Vic.
Last Rank:	Sergeant
Last Unit:	57th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Bendigo, Victoria, Australia, 1896
Home Town:	Bendigo, Greater Bendigo, Victoria
Schooling:	Gravel Hill School, Bendigo, Victoria, Australia
Occupation:	Coach builder
Died:	Died of wounds, France, 28 September 1918
Cemetery:	Doingt Communal Cemetery Extension, Picardie, France Plot III, Row B, Grave No. 3, Doingt Communal Cemetery Extension, Doingt, Peronne, Picardie, France
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Bendigo Great War Roll of Honor, Kyneton War Memorial

17 Jul 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4823, 6th Infantry Battalion, Bendigo, Vic.
7 Mar 1916:	Involvement Private, 4823, 6th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Wiltshire embarkation_ship_number: A18 public_note: ''
7 Mar 1916:	Embarked Private, 4823, 6th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Wiltshire, Melbourne
19 May 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 58th Infantry Battalion, Egypt
3 Jul 1916:	Promoted AIF WW1, Sergeant, 58th Infantry Battalion, France
29 Aug 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Sergeant, 57th Infantry Battalion, France
8 May 1917:	Involvement AIF WW1, Sergeant, 4823, 57th Infantry Battalion, Bullecourt (Second)
4 Apr 1918:	Involvement AIF WW1, Sergeant, 4823, 57th Infantry Battalion, Villers-Bretonneux
25 Apr 1918:	Involvement AIF WW1, Sergeant, 4823, 57th Infantry Battalion, Villers-Bretonneux
4 Jul 1918:	Involvement AIF WW1, Sergeant, 4823, 57th Infantry Battalion, Le Hamel - Blueprint for Victory
2 Sep 1918:	Involvement AIF WW1, Sergeant, 4823, 57th Infantry Battalion, Mont St Quentin / Peronne
28 Sep 1918:	Wounded AIF WW1, Sergeant, 4823, 57th Infantry Battalion, Breaching the Hindenburg Line - Cambrai / St Quentin Canal, Multiple GSW. Evacuated to 55th CCS at Doingt, where he died of his wounds later the same day.
28 Sep 1918:	Involvement Sergeant, 4823, 57th Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 4823 awm_unit: 57 Battalion awm_rank: Sergeant awm_died_date: 1918-09-28

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