Henry Cydney GEYER

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Service Number:	586
Enlisted:	1 October 1914, Enlisted at Bendigo, Victoria
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	14th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Hay, New South Wales, Australia, 1893
Home Town:	Bendigo, Greater Bendigo, Victoria
Schooling:	Marists Brothers Catholic School, Bendigo, Victoria, Australia
Occupation:	Barman
Died:	Died of wounds, Alexandria, Egypt, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 13 May 1915
Cemetery:	Alexandria (Chatby) Military and War Memorial Cemetery, Egypt Row H, Grave 80 Chaplain Father Richards officiated Headstone inscription reads: Oh sacred heart of Jesus have mercy on his soul, Chatby Military and War Memorial Cemetery, Alexandria, Egypt, Shrapnel Valley Cemetery, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Bendigo Great War Roll of Honor, Bendigo Marist Brothers College Great War Honour Roll

1 Oct 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 586, 4th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Bendigo, Victoria
22 Dec 1914:	Involvement Private, 586, 14th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ulysses embarkation_ship_number: A38 public_note: ''
22 Dec 1914:	Embarked Private, 586, 14th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ulysses, Melbourne
25 Apr 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 586, 14th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli
1 May 1915:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 586, 14th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, Head wound (compound fracture of skull). Evacuated to hospital in Alexandria however died of wounds there on 13 May 1915.

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Son of Harty J. and Mary Beatrice Geyer of 34 Chum Street, Bendigo, Victoria. Brother of Francis Edward Geyer

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

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