MARLOW, George Tennyson
| Service Number: | 2748 |
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| Enlisted: | 12 June 1915, Pyramid Hill, Victoria |
| Last Rank: | Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 2nd Light Trench Mortar Battery |
| Born: | Pyramid Hill, Victoria, 1893 |
| Home Town: | Mologa, Campaspe, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Mologa Public School |
| Occupation: | Farmer |
| Died: | Died of Wounds, Menin Road, Belgium, 21 September 1917 |
| Cemetery: |
Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery, Lijssenthoek, Flanders, Belgium |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Mologa War Memorial, Pyramid Hill Mologa East State School No 1836 Roll of Honour WW1, Pyramid Hill RSL Honour Roll |
World War 1 Service
| 12 Jun 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Pyramid Hill, Victoria | |
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| 5 Oct 1915: |
Involvement
AIF WW1, Private, 2748, 21st Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '13' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: RMS Moldavia embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: '' |
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| 5 Oct 1915: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 2748, 21st Infantry Battalion, RMS Moldavia, Melbourne | |
| 21 Sep 1917: | Involvement AIF WW1, Corporal, 2748, 2nd Light Trench Mortar Battery, Menin Road |
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"...2748 Private George Tennyson Marlow, 21st Battalion and later 2nd Brigade Trench Mortar Battery. Pte Marlow enlisted on 12 June 1915 and embarked from Melbourne aboard the RMS Moldavia on 15 October 1915. After service in France and Belgium he was promoted to Corporal and died of wounds on 21 September 1917. Five brothers, all farmers, enlisted from the Marlow family of Mologa Victoria with only two surviving the war. The other four were: 2123 Private (Pte) Charles Edward Marlow, 38th Battalion killed in action on 26 April 1918; Lieutenant Allan Sharp Marlow who returned to Australia on 19 August 1919; 119 Pte Percy Place Marlow, 38th Battalion, who returned to Australia on 27 May 1919 and 2363 Pte Albert Wilfred Marlow, 38th Battalion who was killed in action at Messines, Belgium on 17 July 1917. Allan and Percy Marlow were twins." - SOURCE (www.awm.gov.au)
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