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IRVINE, Geoffrey Robert (Geoffry Ransom)

Service Number:	105
Enlisted:	27 August 1914
Last Rank:	Lance Corporal
Last Unit:	3rd Field Company Engineers
Born:	Launceston,Tasmania, Australia, 1893
Home Town:	Launceston, Launceston, Tasmania
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Engineer
Died:	Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Ottoman Empire, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 31 July 1915
Cemetery:	Shell Green Cemetery, Gallipoli Peninsula I F 13, Shell Green Cemetery, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Launceston Church Grammar School WW1 Honour Board

World War 1 Service

27 Aug 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Sapper, 105, 3rd Field Company Engineers
22 Sep 1914:	Involvement Sapper, 105, 3rd Field Company Engineers, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '5' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Geelong embarkation_ship_number: A2 public_note: ''
22 Sep 1914:	Embarked Sapper, 105, 3rd Field Company Engineers, HMAT Geelong, Melbourne
8 Jun 1915:	Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 3rd Field Company Engineers

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Biography contributed by Faithe Jones

Son of Claude Robert Russell Irvine and Ella Constance Irvine.