George Herbert WHITWORTH

WHITWORTH, George Herbert

    Service Number: 3944
    Enlisted: 14 August 1915, Holsworthy, NSW
    Last Rank: Private
    Last Unit: 3rd Infantry Battalion
    Born: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 6 May 1897
    Home Town: Granville, Parramatta, New South Wales
    Schooling: Sydney and Granville Public School
    Occupation: Plasterer
    Memorials: Granville St Mark's Anglican Church Memorial Windows
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    World War 1 Service

    14 Aug 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3944, 3rd Infantry Battalion, Holsworthy, NSW
    30 Dec 1915: Involvement Private, 3944, 3rd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Medic embarkation_ship_number: A7 public_note: ''
    30 Dec 1915: Embarked Private, 3944, 3rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Medic, Sydney

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    Biography contributed by Faithe Jones

    Son of  Mrs Mary Alice WHITWORTH, Hilltop, Trongate Street, Granville, New South Wales

    Wounded at Pozieres 24 July 1916 and invalided to Base Hospital, Rouen for three weeks.  Recovered and rejoined unit, Somme and Ypres, wounded on second occasion at Fritz's Folly near Bapaume and invalided to Rouen, thence to Cambridge and Harefield Hospitals England.  Returned to Australia and discharged as medically unfit 6 March 1918.

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