UNDERWOOD, George Henry James
| Service Number: | 10855 |
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| Enlisted: | 12 January 1916 |
| Last Rank: | Sapper |
| Last Unit: | Army Pay Corps (AIF) |
| Born: | Perth, Western Australia, 1896 |
| Home Town: | Maylands, Bayswater, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Telephone Mechanic |
| Died: | 5 September 1974, cause of death not yet discovered, place of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
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World War 1 Service
| 12 Jan 1916: | Enlisted | |
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| 12 Jan 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Sapper, 10855, 3rd Divisional Signal Company, Enlisted at Perth, WA | |
| 25 May 1916: | Involvement Sapper, 10855, 3rd Divisional Signal Company, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '6' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ascanius embarkation_ship_number: A11 public_note: '' | |
| 25 May 1916: | Embarked Sapper, 10855, 3rd Divisional Signal Company, HMAT Ascanius, Melbourne | |
| 17 Jul 1917: | Transferred AIF WW1, Sapper, 6th Division Signals, From 3rd Divisional Company | |
| 21 Dec 1917: | Transferred AIF WW1, Sapper, 3rd Divisional Signal Company, From 6th Division Signal | |
| 28 Apr 1918: | Wounded AIF WW1, Sapper, 10855, 3rd Divisional Signal Company, Remained on Duty | |
| 2 Jan 1919: | Transferred AIF WW1, Sapper, Army Pay Corps (AIF), In England from the 3rd Divisional Signal Company | |
| 25 May 1920: | Discharged AIF WW1, Sapper, 10855, Army Pay Corps (AIF), Discharged at the 5th Military District as medically unfit |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of George William Underwood and Phillippa Underwood nee Visick of Sixth Avenue, Maylands, WA.
On 26 July 1919 George married Lilian Adelaide Ford in Parish Church of Holy Trinity, Honnslow, Middlesex, England. Vicar L.B. Currie officiated.
Commenced return to Australia on 22 December 1919 aboard HT Themistocles disembarking on 29 January 1920.
Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
In March 1935 his address was given as C/- Bank of Australasia, Cockspar Street, London, England as he had re-enlisted on 3 October 1934 with the Royal Corps of Signals Territorial Army for a period of four years.
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