George Lee PYBURN

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Service Number:	5183
Enlisted:	4 February 1916, Enlisted at Blackboy Hill, WA
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	11th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Durras, Ireland, 1894
Home Town:	Katanning, Western Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Farmer
Died:	Septicaemia resulting from the shell wound, No 8 A. G. Hospital, Fremantle, Australia, 3 January 1921
Cemetery:	Fremantle Cemetery, Western Australia Church of England Section, Row AA, Grave 842
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

4 Feb 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 5183, Enlisted at Blackboy Hill, WA
31 Mar 1916:	Involvement Private, 5183, 11th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Shropshire embarkation_ship_number: A9 public_note: ''
31 Mar 1916:	Embarked Private, 5183, 11th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Shropshire, Fremantle
26 Feb 1917:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 5183, Shell wound causing a compound fracture of the left femur this resulted in his left leg being and inch and a half shorter

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Also known as George Lea Pyburn

Son of Mr. & Mrs. R. Pyburn of Durrus, Cork, Ireland

George was wounded by a shell causing a compund fracture of the left femur resulting in several operations over the next four months

26 September 1917 - returned to Australia

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal