HEY, George Herbert
| Service Number: | 451 |
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| Enlisted: | 27 August 1914, four years' service in the Citizen's Military Force (CMF) |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 12th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Launceston Tasmania, Australia, August 1884 |
| Home Town: | Tullah, West Coast, Tasmania |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Miner |
| Died: | Devonport, Tasmania, Australia, 22 September 1959, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Devonport Old Public Cemetery |
| Memorials: | Devonport Baptist Church Honour Roll, Devonport Baptist Church Honour Roll |
World War 1 Service
| 27 Aug 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 451, 12th Infantry Battalion, four years' service in the Citizen's Military Force (CMF) | |
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| 20 Oct 1914: | Embarked Private, 451, 12th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Geelong, Hobart | |
| 20 Oct 1914: | Involvement Private, 451, 12th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Hobart embarkation_ship: HMAT Geelong embarkation_ship_number: A2 public_note: '' | |
| 25 Apr 1915: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 451, 12th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, GSW to shoulder, bullet lodged 1/8" from heart | |
| 8 Aug 1915: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 451, 12th Infantry Battalion, The August Offensive - Lone Pine, Suvla Bay, Sari Bair, The Nek and Hill 60 - Gallipoli, Face and nose (fractured) | |
| 29 Jul 1916: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 451, 12th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , GSW left hand/shoulder | |
| 1 Dec 1917: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 451, 12th Infantry Battalion, 6th MD, wounding and Gallipoli |
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From Australian War Memorial
A miner with four years' service in the Citizen's Military Force (CMF), Pte George Hey enlisted on 27 August 1914 and suffered a gunshot wound to the left breast during the Gallipoli landing on 25 April 1915. Hey was evacuated to No 1 Australian General Hospital (1AGH) at Heliopolis, and following convalescence, re-joined his unit at Gallipoli on 2 June. He was wounded again at Gallipoli at the Battle of Lone Pine on 8 August 1915, evacuated once more to 1AGH, and discharged to Gallipoli a third time on 25 October for the remainder of the campaign.
In March 1916 he proceeded with the 12th Battalion to France, where he was wounded in action a third time on 24 July 1916. In August 1917, a medical examination in England, possibly including the capture of this X-ray, revealed a bullet lodged next to Private Hey's heart, it having resided there since his initial wound at the Gallipoli Landing two years previously.
On 1 December 1917 he was discharged on medical grounds, the "foreign body" remaining in his chest.
George Herbert Hey lived to the age of 75 years.
Images: Wedding portrait of George Herbert Hey and Grace Marion Sprague 1921, AWM2016.86.5; George's X-ray of the left chest showing a bullet lodged 1/8th of an inch from his heart, AWM2016.86.1.
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