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HARGREAVES, George
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 2375 |
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| Enlisted: | 7 July 1915, Echuca, Vic. |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 24th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Echuca, Victoria, Australia, 1886 |
| Home Town: | Wharparilla, Campaspe, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Wharparilla School, via Echuca, Victoria |
| Occupation: | Public house keeper |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Pozieres, France, 5 August 1916 |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Bendigo Great War Roll of Honor, Echuca War Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France) |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 7 Jul 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2375, 24th Infantry Battalion, Echuca, Vic. | |
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| 29 Sep 1915: | Involvement Private, 2375, 24th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '14' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: RMS Osterley embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: '' | |
| 29 Sep 1915: | Embarked Private, 2375, 24th Infantry Battalion, RMS Osterley, Melbourne | |
| 5 Aug 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2375, 24th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières |
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