George Edgar NURCOMBE

NURCOMBE, George Edgar

    Service Number: 56
    Enlisted: 17 August 1914, Enlisted at Randwick, NSW
    Last Rank: Private
    Last Unit: 4th Infantry Battalion
    Born: Petersham, New South Wales, Australia, 1895
    Home Town: Sydney, City of Sydney, New South Wales
    Schooling: Forest Lodge Public School, New South Wales, Australia
    Occupation: Gas Fitter
    Died: Enteric Fever, St Andrews Hospital, Malta, 29 July 1915
    Cemetery: Pieta Military Cemetery
    Plot B, Row 111, Grave 6 Headstone inscription reads: An ANZAC Commemorated on the Australia Gas Light Company's Roll of Honour, Concord, NSW , Pieta Military Cemetery, Tal-Pieta, Malta (island), Malta
    Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Breakfast Point War Memorial
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    World War 1 Service

    17 Aug 1914: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 56, 4th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Randwick, NSW
    20 Oct 1914: Involvement Private, 56, 4th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Euripides embarkation_ship_number: A14 public_note: ''
    20 Oct 1914: Embarked Private, 56, 4th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Euripides, Sydney

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    Biography contributed by Carol Foster

    Address at the time of enlistment was 227 Goulburn Street, Sydney, NSW

    Son of Edward Arthur and Emma Nurcombe of NSW. Brother of Oswald Arthur Nurcombe of Bank Street, Meadowbank, NSW, Robert Stanley Nurcombe who returned to Australia on 22 July 1917 for discharge due to shrapnel wound to the right eye while serving with the 4th Battalion

    Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

    Also served in the Citizen Military Forces' Scottish Rifle

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