George Godfrey GARNER

GARNER, George Godfrey

    Service Number: 411
    Enlisted: 17 August 1914, Enlisted at Essendon, Victoria
    Last Rank: Sergeant
    Last Unit: 7th Infantry Battalion
    Born: Terang, Victoria, Australia, 2 April 1891
    Home Town: Moonee Ponds, Moonee Valley, Victoria
    Schooling: State School Victoria, Australia
    Occupation: Carpenter & Joiner
    Died: Died of wounds - multiple body wounds, At sea on board HS Gascon, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 14 July 1915, aged 24 years
    Cemetery: No known grave - "Known Unto God"
    No known grave, buried at sea Rev. C. Mayne officiated Panel 28, Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey
    Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing, Point Lonsdale State School No3322 Roll of Honor
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    World War 1 Service

    17 Aug 1914: Enlisted AIF WW1, Lance Sergeant, 411, 7th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Essendon, Victoria
    19 Oct 1914: Embarked 411, 7th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Hororata, Melbourne
    19 Oct 1914: Involvement 411, 7th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Hororata embarkation_ship_number: A20 public_note: ''
    25 Apr 1915: Wounded AIF WW1, Lance Sergeant, 411, 7th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, Wounds to the chest and face
    10 Jul 1915: Promoted AIF WW1, Sergeant, 7th Infantry Battalion
    13 Jul 1915: Wounded AIF WW1, Sergeant, 411, 7th Infantry Battalion, Multiple wounds to the body
    14 Jul 1915: Involvement Sergeant, 411, 7th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 411 awm_unit: 7 Battalion awm_rank: Sergeant awm_died_date: 1915-07-14

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    Biography contributed by Carol Foster

    Son of William R. Garner and Mary Elizabeth Garner nee Godfrey of 21 Normanby Street, Moonee Ponds, Victoria. Brother to Arthur William Garner, Herbert Fisher Garner, Olive Elizabeth Garner, Mabel Elizabeth Garner and Marjory Garner

    Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

    Served a 5 year apprenticeship with James Moore & Sons of Melbourne, Victoria

    Served in the Militia, Drillroom, North Melbourne, Victoria

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