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WHITTARD, George Raymond
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 560 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 3rd Machine Gun Company |
| Born: | Alexandria,New South Wales, Australia, 1896 |
| Home Town: | Meadowbank, Ryde, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | New South Wales, Australia, 11 November 1965, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Mudgee General Cemetery, New South Wales Plot RC, N |
| Memorials: |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 14 Feb 1917: | Involvement Private, 560, 9th Machine Gun Company, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '21' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: RMS Osterley embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: '' | |
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| 14 Feb 1917: | Embarked Private, 560, 9th Machine Gun Company, RMS Osterley, Melbourne | |
| 27 Sep 1919: | Discharged Australian Army (Post WW2), Corporal, 560, 3rd Machine Gun Company, Machine Gun Company 9, Reinforcement 8 |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
Machine Gun Company 9, Reinforcement 8
[Unit from Nominal Roll-3rd Machine Gun Battalion]
Address
Hebble Street, Meadow Bank, New South Wales
Age at embarkation-19
Next of kin-Father, Christopher Whittard, Hebble Street, Meadow Bank, New South Wales
Enlistment date-9 June 1916
Rank on enlistment-Private
AWM Embarkation Roll number-24/14/3
Unit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board RMS Osterley on 14 February 1917
War service: Western Front.
Returned to Australia 4 July 1919
Spouses
Ada Emily Larkin Whittard died–1942 (m. 1921)
Olive Jane Carr Whittard 1906–1989 (m. 1943)