KAHL, George Alfred
| Service Number: | 3655 |
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| Enlisted: | 2 April 1917 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 4th Machine Gun Battalion |
| Born: | Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia, October 1898 |
| Home Town: | Newcastle, Hunter Region, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Newcastle East Public School, New South Wales, Australia |
| Occupation: | Assistant publisher (Newcastle Morning Herald, Newcastle, N.S.W.) |
| Died: | Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia, 23 May 1976, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Sandgate General Cemetery, Newcastle, NSW CATHOLIC 2-45. 138. |
| Memorials: | Newcastle East Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 2 Apr 1917: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3655, 45th Infantry Battalion (WW1) | |
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| 10 May 1917: | Involvement Private, 3655, 45th Infantry Battalion (WW1), --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '19' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Marathon embarkation_ship_number: A74 public_note: '' | |
| 10 May 1917: | Embarked Private, 3655, 45th Infantry Battalion (WW1), HMAT Marathon, Sydney | |
| 8 Oct 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 3655, 4th Machine Gun Battalion, 2nd MD |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Evan Evans
From Gary Mitchell, Sandgate Cemetery
Served and suffered during The Great War, resting at Sandgate Cemetery.
48 years ago today, on the 25th May 1976, Private George Alfred Kahl, 4th Australian Machine Gun Battalion (Reg No-3655), assistant publisher (Newcastle Morning Herald, Newcastle, N.S.W.), from 58 off Bolton Street, Newcastle, New South Wales and 14 Pokolbin Road, Broadmeadow, N.S.W., was laid to rest at Sandgate Cemetery, age 76. CATHOLIC 2-45. 138.
Born at Newcastle, New South Wales about 1899 to John William Jnr, referred to as Jack, died 27.8.1919, age?, from 58 off Bolton Street, Newcastle, New South Wales, buried at ANGLICAN 1-72, 36, unmarked grave, and Mary Kahl, died 27.2.1953, Burwood, N.S.W., age 82, of 70 Campbell Street, Balmain, N.S.W.; husband of Annie May Kahl nee Fallins (married 1920, Kurri Kurri, N.S.W., died 23.3.1948, Hamilton, N.S.W., age 46, sleeping here, name not listed on the Sandgate Cemetery database or Find a Grave website), George enlisted on the 30th March 1917 with the 45th Battalion at Newcastle, N.S.W.
Unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales on board HMAT A74 Marathon on the 10th May 1917.
Admitted to hospital 5.1.1918 (trench fever), 11.1.1918 (pyrexia, nephritis, albuminuria).
Embarked for England 18.1.1918.
Commenced return to Australia 18.7.1919.
George arrived home on the 7th September 1919, being discharged on the 8th October 1919.
Mr. Kahl’s name has been inscribed on the Newcastle East Public School Roll of Honour.
I have placed poppies at George’s gravesite in remembrance of his service and sacrifice for God, King & Country.
Not officially commemorated.
Brother-in-law to Robert Fallins, clerk from "Locknagar", Waratah Street, Kahibah, New South Wales, 34th Battalion, Reg No-423A, Fell on the 2.5.1917, 20th Battalion, age 23, resting at Queant Road Cemetery, Buissy, Nord Pas de Calais, France. Plot III Row H Grave 32, memorialised at parent's gravesite - CATHOLIC 1-M Com. 32.
Contact with descendants would be greatly appreciated.
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Lest We Forget.
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