George William SIBBICK

Badge Number: 40818, Sub Branch: Winkie
40818

SIBBICK, George William

Service Number: 9581
Enlisted: 15 November 1915, Enlisted in Adelaide
Last Rank: Corporal
Last Unit: 11th Field Company Engineers
Born: Adelaide, South Australia, 8 August 1892
Home Town: Rose Park, South Australia
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Carpenter
Died: Young, New South Wales, 19 April 1941, aged 48 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery: Not yet discovered
Memorials: Adelaide Gilles Street Primary School WW1 Honour Roll (New)
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World War 1 Service

15 Nov 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 9581, Enlisted in Adelaide
31 May 1916: Involvement Corporal, 9581, 11th Field Company Engineers, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '5' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Suevic embarkation_ship_number: A29 public_note: ''
31 May 1916: Embarked Corporal, 9581, 11th Field Company Engineers, HMAT Suevic, Adelaide
2 Mar 1919: Discharged AIF WW1, Corporal, 9581

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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

1 April 1916 - Promoted to Corporal

2 October 1917 - Wounded by a bomb dropped from an aeroplane at Ypres, Belgium. Severe thigh wound

24 October  1917 - invalided to Voluntary Aid Detachment, Brighton, England

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

24 September 1919 - Returned to Australia on board Malta

RSL Information

20 January 1919 - Joined RSL

19 May 1920 - Transferred to Berri Sub Branch

24 September 1921 - Transferred to Winkie

Address when enlisting was Grant Avenue, Rose Park SA. Last known South Australian address was 50 Waynet Street, North Adelaide

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