WILLOUGHBY, George Louis Mayo
| Service Number: | 7324 |
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| Enlisted: | 5 January 1916 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 15th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Deptford, Kent, England, 21 April 1874 |
| Home Town: | Brisbane, Brisbane, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Master Mariner |
| Died: | Eastwood, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 29 July 1929, aged 55 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Field Of Mars Cemetery, Ryde, NSW |
| Memorials: | Brisbane Department of Trade & Customs WWI Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 5 Jan 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 7324, 15th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 24 Jan 1917: | Involvement Private, 7324, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Ayrshire embarkation_ship_number: A33 public_note: '' | |
| 24 Jan 1917: | Embarked Private, 7324, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), HMAT Ayrshire, Sydney | |
| 31 Jan 1918: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 7324, 15th Infantry Battalion, 24th Reinforcements Embarked per A8 'Osterley' for return to Australia | |
| 19 May 1918: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 7324, 15th Infantry Battalion |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Chris Buckley
George (born in Deptford, Kent) was the sixth of nine children of Charles Willoughby (born 1833 in Surrey, England) and Mary Ann Ramsey Todman (born 1835 in Kent, England). Charles was a Rope Maker, and had briefly been a Police Constable. He died in London in 1888 when George was 16 years of age.
George stated he was Master Mariner when he enlisted in Brisbane, QLD in the AIF in 1916, and that he had served for 3 years in the Hong Kong Reserves. He married Ada Ellen Woodcraft in 1899 in Brisbane, QLD and was working as a Marine Officer in Mackay, QLD in 1903, and as Pilot at the Townsville Pilot Harbour in 1915.
Following his Discharge in 1918, George lived in Brisbane, QLD and continued working as a Mariner. He was a Watchman in 1928 in Ryde, New South Wales, where he died in 1929