KIEM, George Joseph
| Service Number: | 3177 |
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| Enlisted: | 3 October 1916 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 53rd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Greta, New South Wales, Australia, 1 July 1892 |
| Home Town: | Allandale, Bathurst Regional, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Mayfield West, New South Wales, Australia, 19 July 1935, aged 43 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Sandgate General Cemetery, Newcastle, NSW PRESBYTERIAN-22NW. 59. |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 3 Oct 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3177, 53rd Infantry Battalion | |
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| 11 Nov 1916: | Involvement Private, 3177, 53rd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '19' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Suevic embarkation_ship_number: A29 public_note: '' | |
| 11 Nov 1916: | Embarked Private, 3177, 53rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Suevic, Sydney | |
| 28 Aug 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 3177, 53rd Infantry Battalion, 2nd MD |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Evan Evans
From Gary Mitchell, Sandgate Cemetery
Served and suffered during The Great War, resting at Sandgate Cemetery.
90 years ago today, on the Friday afternoon of the 19th July 1935, Private George Joseph Kiem, 53rd Battalion (Reg No-3177), labourer from Allandale, New South Wales and Arnold Street, Mayfield West, N.S.W., father of two (Douglas & Nellie), was laid to rest at Sandgate Cemetery, age 43. PRESBYTERIAN-22NW. 59.
Born at Greta or Maitland (East or West?), New South Wales on the 1st July 1892 to Phillip, died 4.5.1935, 33 Bishopgate Street, Wickham, N.S.W., age?, buried at CATHOLIC 2-34. 101, and Ellen Kiem nee McGuigan, died 25.8.1939, 7 High Street, East Maitland, N.S.W., age?, mother of 5?, sleeping at CATHOLIC 2-34. 101, no headstone; husband of Helen Alice Kiem nee Dickson, married 1921, Petersham, N.S.W., died 1.2.1967, Newcastle, N.S.W., age 77, 32 years a widow, sleeping here, George enlisted on the 3rd October 1916 at Singleton, N.S.W.
Unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales on board HMAT A29 Suevic on the 11th November 1916.
Disembarked Devonport 30.1.1917.
Wounded in action - 15.11.1917 (GSW neck & back), 30.7.1918 (SW right leg).
Proceeded on sick leave to England from 8.9.1918 to 15.10.1918.
Proceeded on leave to England and France from 24.2.1919 to 16.3.1919.
Admitted to hospital 27.4.1919 (not stated).
Commenced return to Australia 2.6.1919.
George arrived home on the 19th July 1919, being discharged on the 28th August 1919.
Mr. Kiem’s name has been inscribed on the Cessnock War Memorial.
I have placed poppies and a 1914-1918 WAR label at George’s gravesite in remembrance of his service and sacrifice for God, King & Country.
Not officially commemorated.
Many thanks to George's Granddaughter Jennifer Cooper for the notification.
Contact with descendants would be greatly appreciated.
For more detail, see “Forever Remembered“.
http://www.commemoratingwarheroes.com/cemetery-main-search/.
Lest We Forget.
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