MERZ, George Pinnock
| Service Number: | Officer |
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| Enlisted: | 18 May 1915, Victoria |
| Last Rank: | Lieutenant |
| Last Unit: | Australian Flying Corps (AFC) |
| Born: | Prahan, Victoria, Australia, 10 October 1891 |
| Home Town: | Ballarat, Central Highlands, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Melbourne University, Victoria, Australia |
| Occupation: | Medical Practitioner |
| Died: | Killed In Action, Iraq, 30 July 1915, aged 23 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" |
| Memorials: | Alfredton Humffray Street State School Roll of Honor, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, Basra Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 20 Apr 1915: |
Involvement
AIF WW1, Lieutenant, Officer, Australian Flying Corps (AFC), ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '1' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: RMS Morea embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: '' |
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| 20 Apr 1915: | Embarked AIF WW1, Lieutenant, Officer, Australian Flying Corps (AFC), RMS Morea, Melbourne | |
| 18 May 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Lieutenant, Officer, Australian Flying Corps (AFC), Victoria | |
| 30 Jul 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Lieutenant, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: awm_unit: Australian Flying Corps att Royal Flying Corps, 30 Squadron awm_rank: Lieutenant awm_died_date: 1915-07-30 |
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George Pinnock MERZ was born on 10th October 1891 in Prahan, Victoria
His parents were George MERZ and Annie ROBERTSON
He studied for 5 years at Melbourne University (Medicine & Chemistry) to become a doctor and was also in the Melbourne University Rifles for 5 years previous to enlisting for WW1
He enlisted on 18th May, 1915 as a Lieutenant in the Royal Flying Corps. - Unit embarked from Melbourne on board the SS Morea on 20th April, 1915
He was awarded and promulgated - London Gazette 5th April, 1916 and Commonwealth Gazette 21st Sept 1916
His last posting was with the Australian Flying Corps attached to the Royal Flying Corps, 30 Squadron
George was killed by hostile local Arabs when his plane had to make a force landing (see biographies) - he has no known grave and is commemorated on the Basra Memorial in Iraq and the Australian War Memorial
He was awarded the 1914-15 Star, British War Medal and the Victory Medal
ANOTHER BIOGRAPHY & PHOTOS (www.mhhv.org.au)
NEWSPAPER ARTICLE (trove.nla.gov.au)
DAILY TELEGRAPH ARTICLE (www.dailytelegraph.com.au)
The Ballarat Star - 30th July, 1918
IN MEMORIAM - MERZ - In loving memory of Lieutenant George Pinnock Merz, AFC, MD who lost his life at Mesopotamia on 30th July 1915.
He crowned his life by sacrifice -Ever remembered -inserted by his loving parents and sisters
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