HUMMERSTON, George
| Service Number: | 4518 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 11th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Quorn, South Australia, 22 April 1883 |
| Home Town: | Perth, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Died: | Perth, Western Australia, 11 July 1946, aged 63 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Karrakatta Cemetery & Crematorium, Western Australia |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 12 Feb 1916: | Involvement Private, 4518, 11th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Miltiades embarkation_ship_number: A28 public_note: '' | |
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| 12 Feb 1916: | Embarked Private, 4518, 11th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Miltiades, Fremantle |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Maree Woods
George was the tenth child and fourth son of Michael Hummerston, and the oldest child born to his second wife Mary Owen. George was born in 1883 in Quorn, South Australia. Michael Hummerston had been transported to Van Diemen’s Land as a 17-year-old having been given a seven-year sentence for larceny.
George’s younger brother Victor served in World War 2. George enlisted on October 28th, 1915, in Blackboy Hill, in Western Australia and was assigned as a reinforcement for the 11th Battalion. On March 10th, 1916, George disembarked at Suez and, together with many other members of the AIF he was then transferred to France, arriving in Marseilles on April 4th. On June 6th George’s service record shows he was wounded in action, a severe injury to his right eye, which saw him transferred to England on the Hospital Ship Cambria.
The battalion had been under heavy enemy fire since late May and by June they remained in the firing line enduring artillery fire and bombing raids. As a result of his injury George was discharged as unfit for active service, having lost the sight in his right eye, and was provided employment in the Australian Munitions works. His brother Victor was also employed in this area.
In July 1917 George married Daisy Gould in Weymouth, England and their first child, Gwendoline, was born in England. In July 1919 the family arrived in Fremantle and settled in Nannup. After the war George returned to his work as a locomotive driver. He enlisted in the Volunteer Defence Corps in World War 2. He died on July 11th, 1946.
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