GOY, George
| Service Number: | 242 |
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| Enlisted: | 13 July 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 29th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Sutton Bonington England, December 1971 |
| Home Town: | Ascot Vale, Melbourne, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Waterside worker |
| Died: | Wounds, Queen Alexandra Military Extension Hospital, Millbank, England, United Kingdom, 9 August 1916 |
| Cemetery: |
Kensal Green (All Souls) Cemetery Kensal Green (All Souls) Cemetery (Plot 173, Row 4, Grave No. 8), London, All Souls Cemetery, London, England, United Kingdom |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 13 Jul 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 242, 29th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 10 Nov 1915: | Involvement Private, 242, 29th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '16' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ascanius embarkation_ship_number: A11 public_note: '' | |
| 10 Nov 1915: | Embarked Private, 242, 29th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ascanius, Melbourne | |
| 19 Jul 1916: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 242, 29th Infantry Battalion, Fromelles (Fleurbaix), GSW to back and face, severe. Later died at Queen Alexandra Military Extension Hospital, Millbank, England from heart failure & from wounds |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Evan Evans
The summary below was completed by Cathy Sedgwick – Facebook “WW1 Australian War Graves in England/UK
Died on this date - 9th August......George Goy was born in 1871 in Sutton Bonington, Nottinghamshire, England. He came to Australia as an 18 year old in 1889 & married Jane Stokes (nee Flynn) in 1904 in Victoria.
George Goy enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force (A.I.F.) on 13th July, 1915 as a 44 year old, married, Waterside Worker from Ascot Vale, Melbourne, Victoria. He embarked from Melbourne, Victoria on HMAT Ascanius (A11) on 10th November, 1915 with the 8th Infantry Brigade, 29th Infantry Battalion “A” Company & disembarked at Suez on 7th December, 1915.
Private Goy arrived in France on 23rd June, 1916. He was wounded in action in France on 19/20th July, 1916 & invalided to England where he was admitted to Queen Alexandra Military Extension Hospital, Millbank, England on 29th July, 1916 with gunshot wounds to jaw & shoulder.
Private George Goy died at 5.10 am on 9th August, 1916 at Queen Alexandra Military Extension Hospital, Millbank, England from Heart Failure & from wounds received in action in France - Gunshot wounds to face (Severe). He was buried in All Souls Cemetery, Kensal Green, London, England where 19 other WW1 Australian War Graves are found.
(The above is a summary of my research. The full research can be found by following the link below)
https://ww1austburialsuk.weebly.com/kensal-green--all-souls.html
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