UNSWORTH, Geoffrey Standish
| Service Number: | 33721 |
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| Enlisted: | 15 August 1916 |
| Last Rank: | Gunner |
| Last Unit: | Field Artillery Brigades |
| Born: | Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 13 October 1887 |
| Home Town: | Brisbane, Brisbane, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Clerk |
| Died: | Queensland, Australia, 16 May 1959, aged 71 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Mount Thompson Memorial Gardens & Crematorium, Queensland Columbarium 12 Section 8 |
| Memorials: | Campbell S Hoffnung & Co. Ltd. |
World War 1 Service
| 15 Aug 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Gunner, 33721, Field Artillery Brigades | |
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| 10 May 1917: | Involvement Gunner, 33721, Field Artillery Brigades, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '4' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Marathon embarkation_ship_number: A74 public_note: '' | |
| 10 May 1917: | Embarked Gunner, 33721, Field Artillery Brigades, HMAT Marathon, Sydney |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of James Browne Unsworth and Ellen Anastasia Unsworth nee Whalen of Queen Street, Brisbane, QLD.
15 August 1916 - enlisted at Brisbane, QLD with the Field Artillery Brigade with the rank of Gunner
23 October 1917 - transferred to the 14th Field Artillery Brigade
2 November 1917 - wounded. Gassed embarked for England on 7 November 1917
1 May 1919 - transferred to the Australian Pay Corps with the rank of Corporal
Returned to Australia on 23 June 1920 aboard HT Bahia Castillo
Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
28 December 1920 - discharged at the 1st Military District as medically unfit
On 22 October 1930 Geoffrey married Florence Isabel Johnson in QLD.
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