NOBBS, George Rawdon Ffrench
| Service Numbers: | 162, 659 |
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| Enlisted: | 25 September 1914, Sydney, New South Wales |
| Last Rank: | Trooper |
| Last Unit: | 1st Light Horse Regiment |
| Born: | Whitton, New South Wales, 5 September 1895 |
| Home Town: | Granville, Parramatta, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Hereford House School, Glebe |
| Occupation: | School teacher |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Bir el Abd, Egypt, 9 August 1916, aged 20 years |
| Cemetery: |
Kantara War Memorial Cemetery Row B, Grave 80 |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Inverell & District Memorial Olympic Pool WW1 Honour Roll, Inverell War Memorial, Norfolk Island Cenotaph, Norfolk Island RSL Roll of Honour, Norfolk Island Roll of Honour, Norfolk Island Sub Branch Commemoration Garden & Memorial, Parramatta NSW Public School Teachers KIA Honour Roll |
World War 1 Service
| 25 Sep 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 162, Sydney, New South Wales | |
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| 21 Dec 1914: |
Involvement
AIF WW1, Private, 162, 6th Light Horse Regiment, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '2' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Suevic embarkation_ship_number: A29 public_note: '' |
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| 21 Dec 1914: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 162, 6th Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Suevic, Sydney | |
| 9 May 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Trooper, 659, 1st Light Horse Regiment, ANZAC / Gallipoli | |
| 9 Aug 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Trooper, 659, 1st Light Horse Regiment, Battle of Romani, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 659 awm_unit: 1 Light Horse Regiment awm_rank: Trooper awm_died_date: 1916-08-09 |
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George Rawdon Ffrench NOBBS was born in 1895 in Hay, NSW
His parents were (Reverend) George Rawdon Ffrench NOBBS and Emily Harriet CAPRON
George served for 6 weeks as a Trooper in the Light Horse at Inverell prior to enlisting on 25th September 1914 with the Australian Army - he was with the 6th Light Horse Regiment, A Squadron - Unit embarked from Sydney on the ship Suevic on 21st December 1914
He was Killed in Action on the Battlefield towards Bir el Abd, Sinai Peninsula and was initially buried in the battlefield - later he was moved to the Kantara War Memorial Cemetery, Egypt.
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