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HAAG, George Joseph
Personal Details
Service Number: | 2276 |
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Enlisted: | 5 January 1916, Enlisted at Adelaide, SA |
Last Rank: | Trooper |
Last Unit: | 4 Battalion Imperial Camel Corps |
Born: | Yunta, South Australia, 4 June 1896 |
Home Town: | Adelaide, South Australia |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Labourer |
Died: | Killed in Action, Palestine, 30 March 1918, aged 21 years |
Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Jerusalem Memorial, Jerusalem War Cemetery, Israel |
Memorials: | Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Jerusalem Memorial, Manna Hill & District Roll of Honor, Manna Hill War Memorial |
Service History
World War 1 Service
5 Jan 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2276, 9th Light Horse Regiment, Enlisted at Adelaide, SA | |
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28 Apr 1916: | Involvement Private, 2276, 9th Light Horse Regiment, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '2' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Bakara embarkation_ship_number: A41 public_note: '' | |
28 Apr 1916: | Embarked Private, 2276, 9th Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Bakara, Adelaide | |
11 Nov 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Trooper, 3 Battalion Imperial Camel Corps | |
16 Mar 1917: | Transferred AIF WW1, Trooper, 4 Battalion Imperial Camel Corps, From 5rd Imperial Camel Corps | |
20 Aug 1917: | Transferred AIF WW1, Trooper, 3 Battalion Imperial Camel Corps, From 4th Imperial Camel Corps | |
7 Nov 1917: | Wounded AIF WW1, Trooper, 2276, 3 Battalion Imperial Camel Corps, Wound to the forearm | |
30 Mar 1918: | Involvement Trooper, 2276, 4 Battalion Imperial Camel Corps, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 2276 awm_unit: 4 Battalion Imperial Camel Corps awm_rank: Trooper awm_died_date: 1918-03-30 | |
2 Apr 1918: | Honoured Military Medal, London Gazette on 2 April 1918, page 4023, position 21 Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 7 August 1918, page 1662, position 27 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Full name George Francis Joseph Hagg of George Haag and Sophia Haag nee Stewart of Yunta, SA. Brother of James Haag, Theresa Francesca Haag (given as next of kin), Elizabeth Ann Haag, Betsy Anne Haag and Hilda Mabel Haag
Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal