George Henry Arthur PALMER

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PALMER, George Henry Arthur

Service Numbers:	1876, 1876A
Enlisted:	17 March 1916
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	34th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Cardiff, New South Wales, Australia, 15 October 1894
Home Town:	Islington, Newcastle, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Fall - head injuries, Hamilton, New South Wales, Australia, 22 August 1941, aged 46 years
Cemetery:	Sandgate General Cemetery, Newcastle, NSW METHODIST 2 (PRIMITIVE) 19 SE. 11.
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World War 1 Service

17 Mar 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1876, 34th Infantry Battalion
4 Sep 1916:	Involvement Private, 1876, 34th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '17' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Port Sydney embarkation_ship_number: A15 public_note: ''
4 Sep 1916:	Embarked Private, 1876, 34th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Port Sydney, Sydney
21 Apr 1917:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1876A, 34th Infantry Battalion, Accidental GSW left upper arm
27 Jul 1917:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 1876A, 34th Infantry Battalion, GSW left arm, amputated, and right side fracture of two ribs, severe
14 Oct 1918:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 1876A, 34th Infantry Battalion, Medically unfit - left arm amputated

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Biography contributed by Evan Evans

From Gary Mitchell, Sandgate Cemetery

Served and suffered during The Great War, resting at Sandgate Cemetery.

80 years ago today, on the Sunday afternoon of the 24th August 1941 (4 funerals on this day), Private George Henry Arthur Palmer, 34th Battalion (Reg No-1876A), labourer from 50 Chinchen Street, Islington, New South Wales and 54 Chinchen Street, Islington, N.S.W., was laid to rest at Sandgate Cemetery, age 46. METHODIST 2 (PRIMITIVE) 19 SE. 11.

Born at Cardiff, New South Wales on the 15th October 1894 to Henry and Ada May Palmer, husband of Florence Ivy (J?) Palmer nee Stubberfield (married 1920, Wickham, N.S.W., died 1985, 44 years a widow), George enlisted March 1916 at Newcastle, N.S.W.

Admitted to hospital 18.4.1917 (adenitis).

Wounded accidentally 21.4.1917 (GSW left upper arm, accident).

Wounded in action - 27.7.1917 (GSW left arm, amputated, and right side fracture of two ribs, severe).

George was invalided home April 1918, being discharged medically unfit (amputation left arm) on the 14th October 1918.

Mr. Palmer’s name has been inscribed on the Wickham Municipal District Roll of Honour Board (1).
The tragic circumstances of George’s death were reported. Fall near Hamilton Hotel, fractured skull

George’s headstone inscription gives us no indication of his service during The Great War, so I have placed poppies and a 1914-1918 WAR label in remembrance of his suffering for God, King and Country.

Service record states Died after Discharge, 22/8/1941.

Plaque in New South Wales Garden of Remembrance.

Lest We Forget.

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