BARRELL, George Wallace
| Service Number: | 3021 |
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| Enlisted: | 6 September 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 17th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 26 September 1888 |
| Home Town: | Sydney, City of Sydney, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Tram Conductor |
| Died: | Sydney, New South Wales, Australia , 5 June 1937, aged 48 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Rookwood General Cemetery, New South Wales, Australia |
| Memorials: | Canterbury Public School War Memorial, Tempe Newtown Tramway Depot Honour Roll |
World War 1 Service
| 6 Sep 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3021, 17th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 20 Dec 1915: | Involvement Private, 3021, 17th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Suevic embarkation_ship_number: A29 public_note: '' | |
| 20 Dec 1915: | Embarked Private, 3021, 17th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Suevic, Sydney | |
| 28 May 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 3021, 17th Infantry Battalion, ex Alexandria to Plymouth per HMT Megaustic | |
| 22 Dec 1918: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 3021, 17th Infantry Battalion, per HT Bakara | |
| 23 May 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 3021, 17th Infantry Battalion |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Chris Buckley
Private George Wallace Barrell (Service No:3021) served with the 17th Infantry Battalion in Egypt and France and was hopitalised with Bronchitis and Pneumonia. Enlisting in September 1915, Private Barrell was Discharged in May 1919.
Born in 1888 in Sydney NSW, George was the eldest of ten children of George Henry Barrell (b1886 in Sydney, NSW) and Amy Louise Mayne (b1870 in Sydney, NSW). George Snr (a Carpenter) and Amy married in Sydney NSW in 1888 and settled there to raise their family. George Snr died in 1925.
George lived in Sydney NSW and was working as a Tram Conductor when he enlisted in the AIF - he had previously spent some years apprenticed to his father. Returning from WWI, George resumed work as a Tram Conductor, and in 1937 'died from injuries from being knocked down and run over by an electric tram.' (NSW Register of Coroners' Inquests).
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