WAGSTAFF, George David Archibald
| Service Number: | 18369 |
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| Enlisted: | 27 March 1917, Sydney, New South Wales |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 9th Field Ambulance |
| Born: | Kew, Melbourne, Victoria, 18 July 1890 |
| Home Town: | Sydney, City of Sydney, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Printer |
| Died: | Natural Causes, Lakemba, Sydney, New South Wales, 24 June 1989, aged 98 years |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 27 Mar 1917: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Sydney, New South Wales | |
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| 31 Oct 1917: |
Involvement
AIF WW1, Private, 18369, Army Medical Corps (AIF), Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '23' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Euripides embarkation_ship_number: A14 public_note: '' |
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| 31 Oct 1917: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 18369, Army Medical Corps (AIF), HMAT Euripides, Sydney | |
| 8 Aug 1918: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 18369, 9th Field Ambulance, "The Last Hundred Days" |
Awarded the Military Medal
Military Medal
'On the 10th August, 1918, east of WARFUSEE ABANCOURT, Private WAGSTAFFE was in charge of a limber taking up supplies. A shell wounded his guide and both horses. Another shell caused his horses to bolt, but retaining control of them he unhooked and placed them in a place of safety, obtained a lorry and recovered his supplies under heavy shell fire and delivered them to forward posts.'
Source: 'Commonwealth Gazette' No. 61
Date: 23 May 1919
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Submitted 27 September 2014 by Steve Larkins
Biography
Awarded the Military Medal for Gallantry on 06 Aug 1918 at Warfusee-Abancourt, France - READ MORE (static.awm.gov.au)
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