George Mahoney DRINKWATER

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DRINKWATER, George Mahoney

Service Number:	206
Enlisted:	22 August 1914
Last Rank:	Sergeant
Last Unit:	1st Infantry Battalion
Born:	Tamworth, New South Wales, Australia, 1886
Home Town:	Leichhardt, Leichhardt, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Mechanical Engineer
Died:	Pulmonary Tuberculosis - war induced, "Woodville" Belmore Road, Randwick, New South Wales, Australia, 21 April 1920
Cemetery:	Rookwood Cemeteries & Crematorium, New South Wales Zone C 06 2839,
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

World War 1 Service

22 Aug 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, 206
18 Oct 1914:	Involvement Sergeant, 206, 1st Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Afric embarkation_ship_number: A19 public_note: ''
18 Oct 1914:	Embarked Sergeant, 206, 1st Infantry Battalion, HMAT Afric, Sydney

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Biography contributed

George Mahoney DRINKWATER was born in Tamworth, NSW in 1886

His parents were George DRINKWATER & Ella MAHONEY who married in NSW in 1885

He married Ruby Mary BURGESS in Sydney in 1918

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Two of his brothers also served during WW1

1. Leo Sidney DRINKWATER - Captain with 13th Infantry Battalion - Killed in Action 7th August, 1916

2. Bertie Leslie DRINKWATER (SN 2912) 31st Infantry Battalion - awarded a Military Medal

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