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SAUNDERS, George Cook

Service Numbers:	4308, V382855
Enlisted:	7 July 1915
Last Rank:	Captain
Last Unit:	Volunteer Defence Corps (VIC)
Born:	Bendigo, Victoria, Australia, 14 February 1896
Home Town:	Golden Square, Greater Bendigo, Victoria
Schooling:	Golden Square State School No.1189 & Bendigo High School,Victoria, Australia
Occupation:	Warehouseman/soft goods salesman
Died:	Colac, Victoria, Australia, 6 March 1968, aged 72 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Colac General Cemetery, Victoria Cremated, ashes deposited Memorial Wall 1, Level 5, Position 10
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World War 1 Service

7 Jul 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4308, 7th Infantry Battalion
29 Dec 1915:	Involvement Private, 4308, 7th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Demosthenes embarkation_ship_number: A64 public_note: ''
29 Dec 1915:	Embarked Private, 4308, 7th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Demosthenes, Melbourne
29 Mar 1916:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 4308, 7th Infantry Battalion, from Alexandria, Egypt per HMT Transylvania. 4 April, 1916 disembarked Marseilles, France.
25 Jul 1916:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 4308, 7th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , Gun Shot Wound, Right Hand, admitted 44th Casualty Clearing Station, forwarded to 2nd Stationary Hospital, Rouen
22 Feb 1917:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 4308, 7th Infantry Battalion, Gun Shot Wound, right hand, left arm, admitted 22nd General Hospital, Camiers
30 Dec 1917:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 4308, 7th Infantry Battalion, Enemy gas shelling poisoning, admitted to 2nd Casualty Clearing Station, Outhersteene. forwarded by Ambulance Train No.22 to 8th Stationary Hospital, Wimereux
22 Jun 1918:	Transferred AIF WW1, 5th Machine Gun Battalion
15 May 1919:	Embarked AIF WW1, 4308, 5th Machine Gun Battalion, Embarked Devonport, UK, per S.S. Orontes, and disembarked Melbourne 28 June, 1919.
6 Oct 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, 4308, 5th Machine Gun Battalion, 1914/1915 Star, British War and Victory Medals

World War 2 Service

3 Jun 1942:	Enlisted V382855
31 Oct 1945:	Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Captain, V382855, Volunteer Defence Corps (VIC)

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