SELWAY, George
| Service Number: | 6883 |
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| Enlisted: | 5 March 1917, Adelaide, South Australia |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 48th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Adelaide, South Australia, 14 September 1896 |
| Home Town: | Glenelg, Holdfast Bay, South Australia |
| Schooling: | St Peter's College, University of Adelaide (Law) |
| Occupation: | Articled clerk (Shierlaw and Jessop) |
| Died: | Died of wounds, France, 25 June 1918, aged 21 years |
| Cemetery: |
Crouy British Cemetery, Crouy-sur-Somme Crouy British Cemetery, Crouy St Pierre, Amiens, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Adelaide High School Honour Board, Adelaide Members of the Legal Profession & Students at Law WW1 Honour Board, Adelaide University of Adelaide WW1 Honour Roll, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Glenelg St Michael's Memorial Chapel SELWAY Memorial Window, Glenelg and District WW1 & WW2 Honour Board, Hackney St Peter's College Fallen Honour Board, Norwood Primary School Honour Board |
World War 1 Service
| 5 Mar 1917: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 6883, Adelaide, South Australia | |
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| 30 Oct 1917: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 6883, 27th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Aeneas embarkation_ship_number: A60 public_note: '' | |
| 30 Oct 1917: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 6883, 27th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Aeneas, Melbourne | |
| 25 Jun 1918: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 6883, 48th Infantry Battalion, Merris (France), --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 6883 awm_unit: 48 Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1918-06-25 |
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Before joining the Army he trained at Adelaide University in Law, and was articled to C.L. Jessop, Solicitor. He attended school at St Peters College.
From the book Fallen Saints - George Selway of Glenelg South Australia was born in Adelaide and during his time at St Peter's College served three years as a senior cadet. After leaving school he studied law and was an articled clerk to Charles Lewis Jessop, solicitor of Shierlaw and Jessop, National Mutual Building Adelaide and serving part time in the 78th Infantry Battalion, Citizens Force.
He enlisted on 5 March 1917 and joined the 20th quota of reinforcements for the 27th Battalion at the end of July. After completing their initial training at Mitcham Camp in late October this quota travelled by train to Melbourne and sailed from there aboard HMAT Aeneas on 31 October. After disembarkation at Devonport, England on 27 December they marched into the 6th Training Battalion, Fovant; on 1 April they sailed for France and were taken on the battalion’s strength five days later. During the early hours of 23 June while in the battalion was in Sailly sector enemy aircraft were very active.
–one plane dropping two bombs on the Ration dump killing two men and wounding five others. The reason for so few casualties occurring is due to the fact the NCOs in charge of ration parties did not allow their men to come out of the Adelaide C.T. (Communications trench) [1]
On 23 June, 6833 Private George Selway was admitted to the 61st Casualty Clearing Station suffering from multiple bomb wounds to the right leg and left knee joint. He was transferred to 5th Casualty Clearing Station on 25 June but died there that day; he was 21 years of age.
[1] Australian War Memorial, 48th Battalion War Diary - AWM4, 23/65/29 - 23 June 1918
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