TREBLE, George William Albert
| Service Number: | 1248 |
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| Enlisted: | 14 July 1915, An original of D Company |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 29th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Kingower, Victoria, Australia, 15 May 1890 |
| Home Town: | Dunolly, Central Goldfields, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Brassfinisher |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, 2 March 1917, aged 26 years |
| Cemetery: |
Bancourt British Cemetery Plot VII, Row E, Grave No. 4, Bancourt British Cemetery, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Dunolly Great War Memorial, Inglewood Kingower State School Honor Board |
World War 1 Service
| 14 Jul 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1248, 29th Infantry Battalion, An original of D Company | |
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| 10 Nov 1915: | Involvement Private, 1248, 29th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '16' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ascanius embarkation_ship_number: A11 public_note: '' | |
| 10 Nov 1915: | Embarked Private, 1248, 29th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ascanius, Melbourne |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Stephen Brooks
“On 22 January 1903, Albert Treble, aged 13, was charged with neglect before the Port Melbourne Police Court. Albert had a history of offending, but the neglect charge was for absconding. The Age noted that ‘the evidence of the boy’s father and of the police went to show that he was almost incorrigible.’ Albert had received a three-month suspended sentence for larceny and had then been charged with other theft offences. His father had been fined for his truancy and complained that ‘it was almost impossible to keep him at home.’ Albert was committed to the Department but was sent straight to the reformatory under the transfer provisions. Albert (full name George William Albert Treble) was born in Kingower, a small town in western Victoria, in 1889. He continued to offend in later years. In 1913, by now in his early twenties, he received three months’ imprisonment for larceny before the Rochester Police Court, near Bendigo.” Information from The Children’s Court: Implications of a New Jurisdiction, by Jennifer Marie Anderson.
George Treble gave his place of association as Dunolly Victoria. His parents were Arthur Richard and Ellen Treble, Bromley, Victoria.
His older brother, 973 Corporal Arthur Gilbert Treble, 31st Battalion was killed in action, Fromelles Battle, France, 19 July 1916.