MITCHELL, George Alexander
| Service Number: | 4847 |
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| Enlisted: | 22 July 1915, Melbourne, Vic. |
| Last Rank: | Driver |
| Last Unit: | 4th Divisional Ammunition Column |
| Born: | Creswick, Victoria, Australia, 1893 |
| Home Town: | Clunes, Hepburn, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Miner |
| Memorials: | Clunes Soldiers Pictorial Honour Roll |
World War 1 Service
| 22 Jul 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4847, 8th Infantry Battalion, Melbourne, Vic. | |
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| 7 Mar 1916: | Involvement Private, 4847, 8th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Wiltshire embarkation_ship_number: A18 public_note: '' | |
| 7 Mar 1916: | Embarked Private, 4847, 8th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Wiltshire, Melbourne | |
| 16 Apr 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 4th Division Artillery , Egypt | |
| 2 Jul 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Driver, 4th Divisional Ammunition Column, France | |
| 7 Aug 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Driver, 4847, 4th Divisional Ammunition Column, Battle for Pozières | |
| 26 Sep 1917: | Involvement AIF WW1, Driver, 4847, 4th Divisional Ammunition Column, Third Ypres | |
| 8 Aug 1918: | Involvement AIF WW1, Driver, 4847, 4th Divisional Ammunition Column, "The Last Hundred Days" | |
| 23 Jul 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Driver, 4847, 4th Divisional Ammunition Column, RTA 1 May 1919 and discharged (TPE). |
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Brother: 2415 Lance Corporal Robert Richard Mitchell MM, 5th Bn, returned to Australia, 19 April 1919.
Biography contributed by Robert Wight
George Alexander Mitchell enlisted in the AIF in Melbourne on 22 July 1915, aged almost 22. He embarked overseas on 7 March 1916 and upon arrival in Egypt was transferred to the 4th Division Artillery.
He left for France on 7 June and arrived in Marseilles on 15 June, where he was re-mustered as a Driver and transferred to the 4th Divisional Ammunition Column on 2 July 1916. This meant he oversaw a team of horses or mules that supplied ammunition to the 4th Division’s field artillery batteries at the front.
He saw his first major action at Pozieres in August 1916 and then, during the Battle of Third Ypres, he was further involved around Polygon Wood in September 1917.
The major allied offensive from Amiens began on 8 August 1918 and his unit was involved in this, and several subsequent actions, over the next six weeks to the end of September 1918.
He left England on 1 May 1919 and arrived back in Melbourne on 8 June 1919, where he was formally discharged from the AIF on 23 July 1919.
Source: Extract from "Clunes Soldiers Memorial Panel" by Robert Wight, June 2022.
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