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MCALEESE, George Henry
Personal Details
Service Number: | 70 |
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Enlisted: | 17 August 1914, Enlisted at Melbourne |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | 5th Infantry Battalion |
Born: | Echuca, Victoria, Australia, 1891 |
Home Town: | Landsborough, Pyrenees, Victoria |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Railway Clerk |
Died: | Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 26 April 1915 |
Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" No known grave Panel 24, Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Landsborough Memorial Wall, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing |
Service History
World War 1 Service
17 Aug 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 70, Enlisted at Melbourne | |
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21 Oct 1914: | Involvement Private, 70, 5th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Orvieto embarkation_ship_number: A3 public_note: '' | |
21 Oct 1914: | Embarked Private, 70, 5th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Orvieto, Melbourne | |
26 Apr 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 70, 5th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Sopn of George Davison McAleese and Isabella Margaret McAleese nee Brunt of Landsborough Railway Station, Victoria. Brother of Herbert Leslie McAleese, Isabella Fanny McAleese and Jack Arnold McAleese
Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal