HURLEY, George
| Service Numbers: | 3127, 3127A |
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| Enlisted: | 10 August 1915, Holsworthy, New South Wales |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 56th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Tempe, New South Wales, Australia, June 1893 |
| Home Town: | North Sydney, North Sydney, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | North St Leonards Superior Public School, New South Wales, Australia |
| Occupation: | Locomotive Fireman |
| Died: | GSW compound fracture to skull & syncope, Norfolk War Hospital, Norwich, Norfolk, England, United Kingdom, 16 October 1916 |
| Cemetery: |
Norwich Cemetery, Norfolk, England 54, 692, |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, East Killara North Sydney Technical High School WW1 Honour Board, Haymarket NSW Government Railway and Tramway Honour Board, Willoughby Old Boys Honour Roll |
World War 1 Service
| 10 Aug 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3127, Holsworthy, New South Wales | |
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| 20 Dec 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 3127, 20th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '13' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Suevic embarkation_ship_number: A29 public_note: '' | |
| 20 Dec 1915: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 3127, 20th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Suevic, Sydney | |
| 16 Feb 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 56th Infantry Battalion | |
| 21 Jul 1916: | Wounded Private, 3127, 56th Infantry Battalion, Fromelles (Fleurbaix), GSW (head) | |
| 16 Oct 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 3127A, 56th Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 3127 awm_unit: 56th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1916-10-16 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Evan Evans
The summary below was completed by Cathy Sedgwick – Facebook “WW1 Australian War Graves in England/UK
Died on this date - 16th October.....Private George Hurley was born at Tempe, Sydney, NSW in 1893. He enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force (A.I.F.) on 10th August, 1915 as a 22 year old Fireman (with NSW Government Railways).
Private George Hurley embarked from Sydney, NSW on HMAT Suevic (A29) on 20th December, 1915 with the 20th Infantry Battalion, 7th Reinforcements. He was transferred to 56th Battalion at Tel-el-Kebir on 16th February, 1916.
Private Hurley embarked from Alexandria on 19th June, 1916 to join the B.E.F. (British Expeditionary Force). He disembarked at Marseilles, France on 29th June, 1916.
Private Hurley was wounded in action in France on 21st July, 1916. He was admitted to 1st Australian Casualty Clearing Station with gunshot wounds to head & skull fracture. Private Hurley was invalided to England on Hospital Ship Brighton on 2nd August, 1916.
Private George Hurley died on 16th October, 1916 at Norfolk War Hospital, Norwich, Norfolk, England from wounds received in action in France – Gunshot wound & compound fracture to skull & syncope. He was buried in Earlham Road Cemetery, Norwich, Norfolk, England where 23 other WW1 Australian Soldiers are buried.
(The above is a summary of my research. The full research can be found by following the link below)
https://ww1austburialsuk.weebly.com/norwich---norfolk.html
Biography contributed by John Oakes
George HURLEY (Service Number 3127A) was born on 10th June 1893 at Tempe. He began working for the NSW Tramways as a cleaner of electric trams at North Sydney in February 1910. In June 1913 he transferred in the same role to Sydney.
In January 1914 he moved to Bathurst, leaving the Tramways and joining the Locomotive Branch of the Railways. He remained a cleaner. In August 1914 he was transferred to Wellington. A year later he was released from duty to join the Expeditionary Forces.
He enlisted at Holdsworthy. Being unmarried, he gave his mother as his next of kin. He left Australia from Sydney, aboard HMAT ‘Suevic’ on 20th December 1915. Initially he was allotted to the 7th Reinforcements to the 20th Battalion, but in February 1916 he was transferred to the 56th Battalion at Tel-el-Kebir, Egypt. In April he was pnished with one day Field Punishment No. 2, ‘for mounting Guard with a dirty Rifle’. In June he embarked at Alexandria to join the British Expeditionary Force in France, reaching Marseilles at the end of the month.
In July he spent a week in Paris attending the ‘Review’. Two days after his return, on 21st July 1916 he was wounded in action. The injury was a gun shot wound to his head which had caused a fractured skull. He was admitted to the 1st Australian Casualty Clearing Station, then the 1st Canadian Casualty Clearing Station, the Ambulance Train, the 35th General Hospital at Calais, and ultimately the Norfolk War Hospital at Thorpe Norwich, England, which he had reached by 2nd August.
He remained at this hospital for many weeks and seemed to be recovering well and was out of bed. He relapsed and died of his wounds on 16th October 1916. He was buried in Section 25, Grave No. 241 City of Norwich Cemetery five days later.
Hurley’s remains were exhumed and re-interred after the war. They were relocated to Section 54. Grave No. 692. As always, relatives were informed of this work and assured that, ‘This work is carried out with every measure of care and respect in the presence of a Chaplain.’
His mother, living at ‘Wollombi’ was granted £2 per fortnigh pensiont.
- based on the Australian War Memorial Honour Roll and notes for theGreat Sydney Central Station Honour Board.
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