George Ronald WILKIE

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WILKIE, George Ronald

Service Number:	2155
Enlisted:	29 April 1916, Enlisted at Bendigo, Victoria
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	38th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Boulder City, Western Australia, 1897
Home Town:	Bendigo, Greater Bendigo, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Student
Died:	Killed in Action, Passchendaele, Belgium, 13 October 1917
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" No known grave Commemorated in the Bendigo Cemetery, Victoria Originally buried but grave destroyed in future battle. Ref, Sheet 28,N.E. 200 yards North East end of Augustus Wood, Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Bendigo Central School Honor Roll, Bendigo Great War Roll of Honor, Menin Gate Memorial (Commonwealth Memorial to the Missing of the Ypres Salient)

World War 1 Service

29 Apr 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2155, 38th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Bendigo, Victoria
25 Sep 1916:	Involvement Private, 2155, 38th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '18' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Shropshire embarkation_ship_number: A9 public_note: ''
25 Sep 1916:	Embarked Private, 2155, 38th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Shropshire, Melbourne
7 Jun 1917:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2155, 38th Infantry Battalion, Battle of Messines
4 Oct 1917:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2155, 38th Infantry Battalion, Broodseinde Ridge
13 Oct 1917:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2155, 38th Infantry Battalion, 1st Passchendaele

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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Son of William Henry and Mary Wilkie of Langston Street, Bendigo, Victoria

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

Biography contributed by Robert Wight

Pte 2155 George Ronald Wilkie was declared missing, later killed, in action during the 3rd Division's unsuccessful advance on Passchendaele on 12 - 13 October 1917.

Commemorated in Bendigo Cemetery, Victoria.

Parents: William Henry (d. 6 December 1938, aged 69; bu. Bendigo) and Mary (d. 13 June 1969, aged 96; bu. Bendigo) WILKIE.

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