George Percy WOODSFORD

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WOODSFORD, George Percy

Service Number:	753
Enlisted:	4 September 1914
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	12th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Port Pirie, South Australia, 1884
Home Town:	Rosewater (Greytown), Port Adelaide Enfield, South Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Illness, Torrens Park Hospital, Adelaide, South Australia, South Australia, Australia, 28 July 1918
Cemetery:	Cheltenham Cemetery, South Australia Section 1 - Row 2 - Grave 31N (GRM/5*) , Port Adelaide and Suburban Cemetery, Cheltenham, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
Memorials:	Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Rosewater Memorial Drinking Fountain

World War 1 Service

4 Sep 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private
17 Sep 1914:	Involvement Private, 753, 12th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Geelong embarkation_ship_number: A2 public_note: ''
17 Sep 1914:	Embarked Private, 753, 12th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Geelong, Melbourne

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Biography contributed by David Barlow

The Advertiser (Adelaide) Tuesday 30 July 1918

(Funeral Notice) WOODSFORD - the friends of the late Private George Percy Woodsford are informed that his Funeral (Military) will leave his mother's residence in Rosewater on Tuesday for Cheltenham Cemetery

The Advertiser (Adelaide) Saturday 3 August 1918 / Chronicle (Adelaide) Saturday 10 August 1918

(From his Mother) WOODSFORD - on the 28th of July at Torrens Park Hospital (suddenly), George Percy age 34 years. So dearly loved, so sadly missed

Rest on in peace, oh, warrior brave,

Now your task is o'er;

All your best you gladly gave

To help us win the war.

But the "Last Post" now has sounded,

You've laid aside your sword;

And God has called you from us,

To your nobly-won reward.

And this prayer we all are breathing,

Though our hearts are wrung with pain;

Rest on in peace, brave soldier boy.

Till the bugle sounds again.

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