George Thomas Harold YATES

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YATES, George Thomas Harold

Service Number:	3307
Enlisted:	1 July 1915, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
Last Rank:	Sapper
Last Unit:	5th Divisional Signal Company
Born:	Panmure, Victoria, Australia, 1893
Home Town:	Thomastown, Whittlesea, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Grocer
Died:	Heidleberg, Victoria, August 1967, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Springvale Botanical Cemetery, Melbourne A L Alway Lawn area, Row E, Grave 41. Interred on the 31 August 1967 and held in perpetuity for all time
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World War 1 Service

1 Jul 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3307, 22nd Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
26 Nov 1915:	Involvement Private, 3307, 22nd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '14' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Commonwealth embarkation_ship_number: A73 public_note: ''
26 Nov 1915:	Embarked Private, 3307, 22nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Commonwealth, Melbourne
23 Feb 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 58th Infantry Battalion, From 22nd Battalion
17 Mar 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 15th Field Artillery Brigade
27 Jan 1917:	Transferred AIF WW1, Gunner, 6th Field Artillery Brigade , From 15th Field Artillery Brigade
30 Jan 1917:	Transferred AIF WW1, Gunner, 13th Field Artillery Brigade, From 6th Field Artillery Brigade
2 Apr 1917:	Transferred AIF WW1, Gunner, 5th Division Artillery , From 13th Field Artillery Brigade
13 Jun 1917:	Transferred AIF WW1, Sapper, 5th Divisional Signal Company, From 5th Divisional Artillery. Given rank of Sapper when taken on strength
14 Mar 1920:	Discharged AIF WW1, Sapper, 3307, 5th Divisional Signal Company, Discharged at the 3rd Military District

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Biography contributed by Robert Kearney

Name: George Thomas Harold Yates
Gender: M (Male)
Birth Date: 1893
Birth Place: Panmure, Moyne Shire, Victoria, Australia
Death Date: Aug 1967
Death Place: Heidelberg, Banyule City, Victoria, Australia
Cemetery: Springvale Botanical Cemetery
Burial or Cremation Place: Springvale, Greater Dandenong City, Victoria, Australia
Father: William Edward Yates
Mother: Mary Agnes Yates

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