STOREY, George Harry
| Service Number: | 222 |
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| Enlisted: | 17 October 1914, Brisbane, Queensland |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 5th Light Horse Regiment |
| Born: | Bulimba, Queensland, 23 March 1895 |
| Home Town: | Bulimba, Brisbane, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Clerk |
| Died: | War service injuries, Windsor, Queensland, 6 July 1929, aged 34 years |
| Cemetery: |
Balmoral Cemetery, Qld Row 15, Grave No. 432 |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 17 Oct 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 222, Brisbane, Queensland | |
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| 21 Dec 1914: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 222, 5th Light Horse Regiment, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '2' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Persic embarkation_ship_number: A34 public_note: '' | |
| 21 Dec 1914: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 222, 5th Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Persic, Sydney | |
| 16 May 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 222, 5th Light Horse Regiment, ANZAC / Gallipoli | |
| 28 May 1915: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 222, 5th Light Horse Regiment, ANZAC / Gallipoli, GSW (Head, skull forehead) | |
| 27 Oct 1917: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 222, 5th Light Horse Regiment, Returned to Australia due to illness |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Paul Trevor
'George Harry Storey was a clerk who lived on Bulimba Street. He was just 19 when he left for Gallipoli, where he arrived as part of the 5th Light Horse Regiment on 16 May 1915.
Twelve days later he was in the hospital with a gunshot wound to the head. Amazingly, he rejoined his unit, only to be back in hospital again by Christmas with frostbite. He was admitted to hospital three more times before returning to Australia and being medically discharged just three years following his enlistment.
He served in Gallipoli, Egypt and Palestine. He died as a result of his war service at just 34 years of age. He is buried in the Balmoral Cemetery.
George had enlisted just 12 days after his older brother, Fredrick. Fredrick was killed at Gallipoli on 8 August 1915.' LINK (www.garlandmemorial.com)
'PERSONAL.
Early on Sunday morning there passed away at Rosemount Hospital,
Brisbane, Mr. George Harry Storey (33), son of Mrs. T. C. Storey, of Wynnum, and brother of Mr. C. C. Storey , of Mackay. Mr. G. H. Storey enlisted in 1914, at the age of 18, and served until 1918, when he was invalided home and entered the Rosemount Hospital. He died from war effects.' from Daily Mercury 10 Jul 1929 (nla.gov.au)
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