George Edward RANDALL

RANDALL, George Edward

Service Number: 4250
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
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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Biography contributed by John Edwards

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.

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