HAIG, George
| Service Number: | 807 |
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| Enlisted: | 11 July 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Lieutenant |
| Last Unit: | 30th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Edinburgh, Scotland, 15 November 1889 |
| Home Town: | Auburn, Auburn, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Plumber |
| Died: | Killed In Action, France, 8 August 1918, aged 28 years |
| Cemetery: |
Aubigny British Cemetery Row D, Grave No. 22 |
| Memorials: | Peterborough St Anacletus Catholic Church Honour Board WW1 |
World War 1 Service
| 11 Jul 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Corporal, 807, 30th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 9 Nov 1915: | Involvement Corporal, 807, 30th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '16' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Beltana embarkation_ship_number: A72 public_note: '' | |
| 9 Nov 1915: | Embarked Corporal, 807, 30th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Beltana, Sydney | |
| 8 Aug 1918: | Involvement Lieutenant, 30th Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: awm_unit: 30th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Lieutenant awm_died_date: 1918-08-08 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
Enlisted: 11-7-1915, Liverpool, New South Wales.
Son of Margaret Haigh, Campview, Dalkeith, Midlothian, Scotland
Also honoured Lodge Dalkeith Kilwinning No. 10. Honoured Australian War Memorial Panel 117
He is one of three Australian casualties of the Great War honoured on the Dalkeith War Memorial.
Dalkeith Advertiser 22-8-1918
The third son of the late Mr John Haig, fish merchant, and of Mrs Haig, 42 High Street, Dalkeith, Lieut. Haig served his apprenticeship as a plumber with Mr Alex. Hart, South Street, and was subsequently employed as a plumber and engineer to the Lothian Coal Company at Newtongrange. About five years ago he emigrated to Sydney, N.S.W., and soon after the outbreak of the war he responded to the call of the homeland, joining the Australian Expeditionary Force as a private. A young man of high spirit, the profession of arms appealed to his nature, and he rose rapidly through all the non-commissioned ranks till he attained the position of Sergeant-Major. He was afterwards induced to take his Commission, and had risen to the rank of First Lieutenant, with high prospects of still further advancement The deceased officer was a keen sportsman and before leaving Dalkeith was a prominent member of the Newbattle Cricket Club, while he also played regularly for some of the local football clubs.
Biography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
Memorials: Dalkeith Lodge Dalkeith Kilwinning No 10 Lodge Dalkeith Kilwinning No 10 (second memorial) St Nicholas Buccleuch Parish Church, Dalkeith.
He was 28 and the third son of John and Margaret Haig (nee Thomson)
His brother, Private Alexander Haig- Service Number 315750 died 3/10/1918 whilst serving with the 13th (Scottish Horse) Bn. Black Watch (Royal Highlanders).
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