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MANTON, George Alfred
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 6314 |
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| Enlisted: | 19 May 1916, Enlisted Maryborough Victoria allocated to 20th reinforcement’s 6th Infantry Battalion on 1st July 1916 at Broadmeadows Camp Victoria |
| Last Rank: | Lance Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 6th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Maryborough. Victoria, Australia, April 1898 |
| Home Town: | Maryborough, Central Goldfields, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Maryborough State School, Victoria, Australia |
| Occupation: | Grocer |
| Died: | Natural Causes , Essendon, Victoria, Australia, 22 June 1960 |
| Cemetery: |
Williamstown (General) Cemetery, Victoria, Australia Reported to IWGC of burial |
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World War 1 Service
| 19 May 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 6314, 6th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted Maryborough Victoria allocated to 20th reinforcement’s 6th Infantry Battalion on 1st July 1916 at Broadmeadows Camp Victoria | |
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| 11 Sep 1916: | Involvement Private, 6314, 6th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Euripides embarkation_ship_number: A14 public_note: '' | |
| 11 Sep 1916: | Embarked Private, 6314, 6th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Euripides, Melbourne | |
| 2 Jan 1917: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 6th Infantry Battalion, Taken on Strength of the 6th Battalion in the field France | |
| 9 Feb 1917: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 6314, 6th Infantry Battalion, German Withdrawal to Hindenburg Line and Outpost Villages, Gun shot left knee sever evacuated to England for treatment and convalescence | |
| 6 May 1917: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 66th Infantry Battalion, Taken on Strength of the 66th Infantry Battalion at Windmill Farm UK ex wounded 6th Bn | |
| 19 Oct 1917: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 6th Infantry Battalion, Taken on Strength of the 6th infantry battalion in the field France from 66th Infantry Bn UK | |
| 19 Nov 1917: | Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 6th Infantry Battalion, Promoted in the field France | |
| 15 Dec 1917: | Honoured Military Medal, Third Ypres, ANZAC Routine Order #98 In vicinity of Zonnebeke Decline Copse on 26 October 1917 as a Battalion Runner maintained communications/ orders through the heaviest shell fire. | |
| 26 Apr 1918: | Wounded AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 6314, 6th Infantry Battalion, German Spring Offensive 1918, At Strazeele, Buried by Enemy Shell fire Dug out suffering from shell concussion severe and lacerations to right wrist Evacuated to England for treatment and convalescence | |
| 16 Aug 1918: | Embarked AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 6314, 6th Infantry Battalion, RTA 3MD Melbourne medically unfit Sheep Concussion On HT Medic | |
| 16 Nov 1918: | Discharged AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 6314, 6th Infantry Battalion, Discharged 3MD Melbourne medically unfit |
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