FEIST, George Samuel
| Service Number: | 911 |
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| Enlisted: | 10 September 1914 |
| Last Rank: | Company Sergeant Major |
| Last Unit: | 52nd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Southsea, Hampshire, England, September 1888 |
| Home Town: | Perth, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Council School, Worth, Sussex, Hampshire, England |
| Occupation: | Policeman in England/ Wheat and Manure agent in Australia. |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France., 3 September 1916 |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Beverley District Honour Roll WW1, Beverley Mount Kokeby Great War Honour Roll, Beverley St Mary's Anglican Church Lynchgate, Beverley War Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France) |
World War 1 Service
| 10 Sep 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 911, 12th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 2 Nov 1914: | Involvement Private, 911, 12th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Medic embarkation_ship_number: A7 public_note: '' | |
| 2 Nov 1914: | Embarked Private, 911, 12th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Medic, Fremantle | |
| 26 Apr 1915: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 911, 12th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, GSW to buttocks | |
| 1 Dec 1915: | Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, 12th Infantry Battalion | |
| 1 Mar 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Corporal, 52nd Infantry Battalion | |
| 4 Mar 1916: | Promoted AIF WW1, Sergeant, 52nd Infantry Battalion | |
| 12 Aug 1916: | Promoted AIF WW1, Company Sergeant Major, 52nd Infantry Battalion | |
| 3 Sep 1916: | Involvement 911, 52nd Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 911 awm_unit: 52nd Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Company Sergeant Major awm_died_date: 1916-09-03 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
Births Sep 1888 FEIST George Samuel Portsea 2b 488.
He was 28 and the son of James and Ellen Feist. Father a Railway Guard. Emigrated to Australia about 1909; Agent for Wheat and Manure in Mount Kokeby, Western Australia.
Mother, Mrs E Feist, Hazelwick Road, Three Bridges Sussex, England
Age on arrival in Australia 21
Enlistment date 10 September 1914
Age at embarkation 26
Unit name 12th Battalion, H Company
AWM Embarkation Roll number 23/29/1
Unit embarked from Fremantle, Western Australia, on board Transport A7 Medic on 2 November 1914
Rank from Nominal Roll Warrant Officer (Class II)
Unit from Nominal Roll 52nd Battalion
Honoured on the Worth War Memorial. He is also commemorated on the War Memorial at Beverley, Western Australia and on the ‘Honour Boards’ in the Town Halls in Beverley and Mount Kokeby.
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