George Henry Portch NOTT

NOTT, George Henry Portch

Service Number: 207
Enlisted: 1 March 1916, Brisbane
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 41st Infantry Battalion
Born: Bristol, England, 1887
Home Town: Brisbane, Brisbane, Queensland
Schooling: Unknown
Occupation: Carpenter
Died: Died of Illness, Queensland, Australia, 7 May 1918
Cemetery: Toowong (Brisbane General) Cemetery, Queensland
10.34.13 P1/172
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour
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World War 1 Service

1 Mar 1916: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 207, 41st Infantry Battalion, Brisbane
18 May 1916: Involvement Private, 207, 41st Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '18' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Demosthenes embarkation_ship_number: A64 public_note: ''
18 May 1916: Embarked Private, 207, 41st Infantry Battalion, HMAT Demosthenes, Sydney
6 Apr 1918: Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 207, 41st Infantry Battalion, Died a month after discharge

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Biography contributed by Elizabeth Allen

George Henry Portch NOTT was born in Bristol, England in 1887

His parents were Samuel William NOTT & Lillian PORTCH

He married Ellen Ann VAUGHAN in Queensland on 10th August, 1909 & had 4 known children, John Henry, George William Portch, Lillian Margaret & Daisy Violet - Ellen died on 4th November, 1915 less than a month after Daisys birth leaving George a widower with 4 young children

He enlisted in Brisbane on 1st March, 1916 and embarked from Sydney with the 41st Infantry Battalion , A Company on the HMAT Demosthenes

He returned to Australia in 1917 on the ship Runic suffering from Illness and was discharged on 6th April, 1918

George died in Queensland on 7th May, 1918 from Illness and is buried in the Toowong (Brisbane General Cemetery )

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