George Vincent HEFFERNAN

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HEFFERNAN, George Vincent

Service Number:	582
Enlisted:	25 February 1915, Liverpool
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	20th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Deloraine, Tasmania, Australia, 12 July 1891
Home Town:	Launceston, Launceston, Tasmania
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Morse operator
Died:	Wounds, Hospital Ship 'Dunluce Castle', Gallipoli, 15 December 1915, aged 24 years
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Commemorated on the Lone Pine Memorial at Panel 64. Buried at sea between Anzac and Mudros,
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

World War 1 Service

25 Feb 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 582, Liverpool
25 Jun 1915:	Involvement Private, 582, 20th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '13' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Berrima embarkation_ship_number: A35 public_note: ''
25 Jun 1915:	Embarked Private, 582, 20th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Berrima, Sydney
16 Sep 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 582, 20th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli
14 Dec 1915:	Wounded ANZAC / Gallipoli

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Biography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon

Wounded in action (gun shot wound, head), Gallipoli, 14 December 1915; died of wounds, Hospital Ship 'Dunluce Castle', 15 December 1915; buried at sea between Anzac and Mudros, 16 December 1915.

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