TRAVERS, Geoffrey
| Service Number: | 367 |
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| Enlisted: | 19 September 1914 |
| Last Rank: | Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 9th Light Horse Regiment |
| Born: | Armadale, Victoria, Australia, 1893 |
| Home Town: | Elsternwick, Glen Eira, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Haileybury College, Victoria, Australia |
| Occupation: | Jackaroo |
| Died: | Died of wounds, Egypt, 11 August 1916 |
| Cemetery: |
Kantara War Memorial Cemetery Row A, Grave 119, Kantara War Memorial Cemetery, Suez Canal, Egypt |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Caltowie District WW1 Roll of Honour, Haileybury College HB, Melbourne Cricket Club Roll of Honour 1914 - 1918 |
World War 1 Service
| 19 Sep 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Corporal, 367, 9th Light Horse Regiment | |
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| 11 Feb 1915: | Involvement Corporal, 367, 9th Light Horse Regiment, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '2' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Karroo embarkation_ship_number: A10 public_note: '' | |
| 11 Feb 1915: | Embarked Corporal, 367, 9th Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Karroo, Melbourne | |
| 20 May 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Corporal, 367, 9th Light Horse Regiment, ANZAC / Gallipoli | |
| 9 Aug 1916: | Wounded AIF WW1, Corporal, 367, 9th Light Horse Regiment, Egypt and Palestine - Light Horse and AFC Operations, GSW to abdomen sustained in a skirmish near Bir el Abd. Evacuated to 3rd LH Field Ambulance in the Canal Zone, but died of his wounds on 11 August 1916. |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of Dr. Geoffrey Frederick and Ida C.S. TRAVERS, Bedford Road, Ringwood, Victoria
Geoffrey enlisted in November 1914 and joined the Light Horse. He was in Egypt and Palestine for some tiem, and also served on Gallipoli. He took part in driving the Turks bck from the Canal. He was killed with several other Light Horsemen by a treacherous trick of a body of Turks, who pretended to surrender, and when our men approached to take the prisoners, opened fire at close quarters, murdering a number of brave fellows. He was always known at school as 'Fuzzey'. He was a a first class bat and slow bowler in the first eleven, also a member of the first eighteen. He took to country pursuits after leaving school.
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