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HASKEW, George Guthrie
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 1758 |
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| Enlisted: | 24 January 1916, Enlisted at Cootamundra, NSW |
| Last Rank: | Sergeant |
| Last Unit: | 56th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Narrandera, New South Wales, Australia, 1896 |
| Home Town: | Narrandera, Narrandera, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Shop Assistant |
| Died: | Burwood, New South Wales, Australia, 1950, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
| Memorials: | Narrandera WW1 War Memorial |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 24 Jan 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1758, 56th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Cootamundra, NSW | |
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| 14 Apr 1916: | Involvement Private, 1758, 56th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '19' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Ceramic embarkation_ship_number: A40 public_note: '' | |
| 14 Apr 1916: | Embarked Private, 1758, 56th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ceramic, Sydney | |
| 17 May 1916: | Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, 56th Infantry Battalion | |
| 26 Jul 1918: | Promoted AIF WW1, Sergeant, 56th Infantry Battalion | |
| 10 Oct 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Sergeant, 1758, 56th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 2nd Military District |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of Charles Haskew and Minnie P. Haskew of King Street, Narrandera, NSW. Brother of Herbert Selwyn Haskew who was killed in action on 3 May 1817 while serving with the 2nd Divisional Trench Mortar Battery and has no known grave. His name appears on the Villers-Bretonneux Memorial
Commenced returnto Australia on 1 July 1919 aboard HT Karmala disembarking on 17 August 1919 at Melbourne for onwaard travel to Sydney
Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
During 1923c George married Kate J. Cavanagh in Burwood, NSW