RANDALL, George Edward
Service Number: | 4250 |
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Enlisted: | 20 September 1915, Holdsworthy, New South Wales |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | 2nd Infantry Battalion |
Born: | Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 30 December 1897 |
Home Town: | Wolumla South, Bega Valley, New South Wales |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Grazier (later Prison Warder) |
Died: | Natural causes, Burwood, New South Wales, Australia, 6 August 1968, aged 70 years |
Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
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World War 1 Service
20 Sep 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Holdsworthy, New South Wales | |
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20 Dec 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 4250, 4th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Aeneas embarkation_ship_number: A60 public_note: '' | |
20 Dec 1915: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 4250, 4th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Aeneas, Sydney | |
1 Jul 1918: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 4250, 2nd Infantry Battalion | |
5 Sep 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1 |
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George died at Burwood, New South Wales aged 70.
Biography
Enlisted in Sydney, aged 17 years, 9 months, claiming to be 3 years older.
On 13 May 1924 appointed Prison Warder at Stewart's Creek Prison (Townsville). Married Harriett Addis, daughter of Stewart's Creek Senior Warder George Addis on 21 Dec 1925. George Randall also served the department at Numinbah as Officer-in-charge, and was for many years Chief Warder at Boggo Road Prison, in Brisbane, from where he retired in about 1962.
Died in Queensland (possibly Townsville) in mid-1969, aged about 72-years.