YUILL, George Robert
| Service Number: | 805 |
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| Enlisted: | 11 September 1914, Enlisted at Broadmeadows, Victoria |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 7th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Sebastion, Victoria, Australia, 8 October 1895 |
| Home Town: | Eaglehawk, Greater Bendigo, Victoria |
| Schooling: | No. 210 Eaglehawk State School, Victoria, Australia |
| Occupation: | Miner / Battery Worker |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Turkey, 25 April 1915, aged 19 years |
| Cemetery: |
Lone Pine Cemetery, ANZAC Row O, Grave 16 Headstone inscription reads: Dear is the spot to me where my beloved son rests my ANZAC hero. Mother, |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Bendigo Great War Roll of Honor, Eaglehawk Uniting Church Honour Board and Memorial Windows, Eaglehawk West Methodist Sunday School Honour Roll |
World War 1 Service
| 11 Sep 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 805, Enlisted at Broadmeadows, Victoria | |
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| 19 Oct 1914: | Involvement Private, 805, 7th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Hororata embarkation_ship_number: A20 public_note: '' | |
| 19 Oct 1914: | Embarked Private, 805, 7th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Hororata, Melbourne | |
| 25 Apr 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 805, 7th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, Killed in action |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Steve Larkins
Son of John Yuill and Agnes Jane Yuill nee Cowie of 58 Fammer Street, Burnley, Victoria. Brother of Arthur Albert Yuill who returned to Australia on 15 April 1917 having served with the 60th Battalion, Jean Yuill, Mary Hannah Yuill, Madge Yuill and Christina Yuill
Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Also served in the Citizen Military Forces
Biography contributed by Larna Malone
George Robert Yuill was born in Yarraberb, Vic., the son of of John & Agnes Jane Yuill of Caldwells Rd, Eaglehawk. He was 18 years & 11 months old and was employed as a Miner/Battery Worker.at the Golden Age Co’s Battery. His previous military service comprised Senior Cadets, and 67th Infantry CMF with the rank of Corporal. He Enlisted in Eaglehawk on 11/9/14 for the Second Expeditionary Force.
At Broadmeadows Camp men were being “weeded out” (i.e. rejected as unsuitable). The vacancies were filled with volunteers from the 2nd Expeditionary Force. George Robert Yuill was drafted into the 1st Force, allotted Service No. 805, and appointed to ‘G’ Company, 7th Battalion.
Yuill missed out on the Special Send Off provided in Eaglehawk for the volunteers of the 2nd Expeditionary Force. The mementos provided by the Eaglehawk committee were given to his relatives.
The 7th Battalion left Broadmeadows Camp on 18 October, 1914, and embarked for service overseas on board HMAT ‘Hororata’. Arriving in Egypt the battalion moved into camp at Mena, at the foot of the pyramids. (6/12/14)
In January, 1915, the Australian force was re-organized. In the 7th Battalion ‘G’ and ‘H’ Companies joined to form the new ‘D’ Company. This meant that all the men from Northern Victoria were together in one Company.
The 7th Battalion was part of the force which landed at Anzac Cove on 25th April, 1915.
George Robert Yuill was KIA during the Landing. His body was originally buried in an unmarked grave. After the war the Graves Registration Unit found his body in the vicinity of Lone Pine. He was re-interred in the Lone Pine Cemetery in 1922.
“The First Lot. 7th Battalion. The first men of the Bendigo district to volunteer for service in the First World War.”: Larna Malone
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