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STOREY, George Richard
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 2488 |
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| Enlisted: | 11 March 1916 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 51st Infantry Battalion (WW1) |
| Born: | Stoke Newington, Middlesex, England, 9 July 1895 |
| Home Town: | Subiaco, Nedlands, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Farm Worker |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Belgium, 30 September 1917, aged 22 years |
| Cemetery: |
Buttes New British Cemetery, Polygon Wood Buttes New British Cemetery, Polygon Wood, Zonnebeke, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium, The Huts Cemetery, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Subiaco Fallen Soldiers Memorial |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 11 Mar 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2488 | |
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| 20 Sep 1916: | Involvement Private, 2488, 51st Infantry Battalion (WW1), Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '19' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Uganda embarkation_ship_number: A66 public_note: '' | |
| 20 Sep 1916: | Embarked Private, 2488, 51st Infantry Battalion (WW1), HMAT Uganda, Fremantle |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by David Storey
The body of George was not found originally and his memorial was placed on the Memen Gate memorial. In 2008 his body was found by road workers and his remains were reinterred in the Buttes New British Cemetery, Polygon Wood. The reinterment ceremony was well done and three of his family were present. The Belgian and Australian Government are deserving congratulations for the way they handled the occasion. Particular thanks are due to the Belgian volunteers who did all the recovery work of the five Australians found at the same place.
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