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MANNING, Godfrey George
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 99 |
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| Enlisted: | 18 August 1914, Melbourne, Victoria |
| Last Rank: | Captain |
| Last Unit: | 4th Pioneer Battalion |
| Born: | Walhalla, Victoria, Australia, 1890 |
| Home Town: | Morwell, Latrobe, Victoria |
| Schooling: | St Patrick's Catholic College , Victoria, Australia |
| Occupation: | Electrician |
| Died: | Killed In Action, France, 8 August 1918 |
| Cemetery: |
Heath Cemetery, Picardie France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Dandenong Shire Roll of Honour, Hawthorn Postmaster General's Department Victoria 1, Postmaster General's Department Victoria 2 |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 18 Aug 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Sapper, 99, 2nd Field Company Engineers, Melbourne, Victoria | |
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| 21 Oct 1914: | Involvement AIF WW1, Sapper, 99, 2nd Field Company Engineers, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '5' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Orvieto embarkation_ship_number: A3 public_note: '' | |
| 21 Oct 1914: | Embarked AIF WW1, Sapper, 99, 2nd Field Company Engineers, HMAT Orvieto, Melbourne | |
| 5 Apr 1916: | Promoted AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, 4th Pioneer Battalion | |
| 5 Jul 1916: | Promoted AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 4th Pioneer Battalion | |
| 22 Oct 1917: | Promoted AIF WW1, Captain, 4th Pioneer Battalion | |
| 8 Aug 1918: | Involvement AIF WW1, Captain, 4th Pioneer Battalion, "The Last Hundred Days", --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: awm_unit: 4th Australian Pioneer Battalion awm_rank: Captain awm_died_date: 1918-08-08 |
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George Godfrey Manning born in 1890 in Walhalla, Victoria, Australia, to parents John Francis Manning (b.1852) and Sophia Manning (nee Johns b.1867). His brothers and sisters were: Katherine (b.1886), William (b.1887), John Dalton (b.1891), Leo Neal (b.1899), Albert Maurice (b.1902), Gerald Phillip (b.1905), Patrick Francis (b.1908), and Margaret Marion (b.1911). RIP (from your nephew John Francis Manning (b.1946) of Woodend, great-niece Joanne Elizabeth Manning (b.1973), and all the Manning families)
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