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GERMAIN, Victor
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 246 |
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| Enlisted: | 1 November 1915, Brisbane, Queensland |
| Last Rank: | Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 41st Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Ipswich, Queensland, Australia, 20 August 1893 |
| Home Town: | Lanefield, Ipswich, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Ipswich Grammar School, Queensland, Australia |
| Occupation: | Clerk |
| Died: | Natural causes, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 10 July 1973, aged 79 years |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
| Memorials: | Ipswich Soldier's Memorial Hall Great War, Rosewood Shire Council Roll of Honor, West Ipswich & One Mile War Memorial |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 1 Nov 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 246, Brisbane, Queensland | |
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| 18 May 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 246, 41st Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '18' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Demosthenes embarkation_ship_number: A64 public_note: '' | |
| 18 May 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 246, 41st Infantry Battalion, HMAT Demosthenes, Sydney | |
| 24 Apr 1918: | Honoured Military Medal, German Spring Offensive 1918 | |
| 20 Aug 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Corporal, 246, 41st Infantry Battalion |
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Born and educated in Ipswich. The son of Theophorus Evangelus Germain and Elizabeth (nee Hussey) Germain, of 'Stoneleigh,' Lanefield, via Ipswich. Enlisted 1st Nov.,1915, and sailed 17th May, 1916. for England, where he went to Salisbury Plain. Left for France 15th October, 1916. The different stunts that he took part in were Messines, Passchendaele, advance on Somme, Hamel, and Hindenberg Line. Was in the Intelligence Section after Passchendaele, and awarded the Military Medal for bravery in the field in May, 1918. Left England for Australia, arriving 5/7/19, per S.S. Nestor...
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