GUINEA, George Thomas
| Service Number: | 1762 |
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| Enlisted: | 17 May 1915, Hamilton, Vic. |
| Last Rank: | Sergeant |
| Last Unit: | 6th Machine Gun Company |
| Born: | Koroit, Victoria, Australia, 1894 |
| Home Town: | Glenthompson, Southern Grampians, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Belgium, 9 October 1917 |
| Cemetery: |
Passchendaele, New British Cemetery Plot XIV, Row D, Grave No. 23 |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Glenthompson War Memorial, Penshurst War Memorial, Willaura State School Honour Roll |
World War 1 Service
| 17 May 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1762, 24th Infantry Battalion, Hamilton, Vic. | |
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| 16 Jul 1915: | Involvement Private, 1762, 24th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '14' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Demosthenes embarkation_ship_number: A64 public_note: '' | |
| 16 Jul 1915: | Embarked Private, 1762, 24th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Demosthenes, Melbourne | |
| 9 Oct 1917: | Involvement Sergeant, 1762, 6th Machine Gun Company, Third Ypres, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 1762 awm_unit: 6th Australian Machine Gun Company awm_rank: Sergeant awm_died_date: 1917-10-09 |
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Son of Thomas and Emily GUINEA, Glenthompson, Victoria
HE DIED FOR FREEDOM'S SAKE
Military Medal
Valuable services as guide, also conspicuous galla with Lewis gun. (Pozieres).
Source: 'Commonwealth Gazette' No. 184
Date: 14 December 1916
Private George Thomas Guinea, son of Mr. Thomas Guinea, of Glenthompson, and nephew of Mr. James Guinea, Koroit, has been awarded the Military Medal for bravery. Private Guinea is a native of Koroit, and is 22 years of age. He enlisted at Glenthompson, where, before the war, he was employed as a carpenter. He left with reinforcements 15 months ago, and took part in the fighting at Gallipoli, and was at the evacuation. Proceeding to France Private Guinea has taken part in the fighting there, and has so far not sustained any wounds. In a letter to his uncle he describes the action which won for him the Military Medal. He stated that a number of Huns sprang on them from a dugout and cutting our men down right and left, some wounded and some killed, the chance he was waiting for came and he fully avenged his fallen comrades. He trained his machine gun on the Huns and wiped the lot out. "For that act I got the medal, and was very proud of it."
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