Harold Wesley GEORGE

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GEORGE, Harold Wesley

Service Number:	1660
Enlisted:	21 January 1915, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	13th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Paddington, New South Wales, Australia, 11 December 1885
Home Town:	Paddington, Woollahra, New South Wales
Schooling:	Paddington Public School, New South Wales, Australia
Occupation:	Carpenter
Died:	Wounds, At sea on board HS Lutzow, Gallipoli, 10 May 1915, aged 29 years
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Panel 37, Lone Pine Memorial
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing

World War 1 Service

21 Jan 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1660, 13th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW
11 Feb 1915:	Involvement Private, 1660, 13th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Seang Choon embarkation_ship_number: A49 public_note: ''
11 Feb 1915:	Embarked Private, 1660, 13th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Seang Choon, Sydney
25 Apr 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1660, 13th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli
9 May 1915:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 1660, 13th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli
10 May 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1660, 13th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli

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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Address at the time of enlistment was 'St Elmo', Gordon Street, Paddington, NSW

Son of Tom and Eliza Ann George of Kemmis Street, Randwick, NSW. Brother of Wesley Tom George, Norman W. George, Ivy E. George, Arthur George, Walter W. George and Roy Wesley George who was killed in action 5 April 1915 while serving with the 45th Battalion and has no known grave. His name appears on Villers-Bretonneux Memorial

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

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