George Francis LLOYD

LLOYD, George Francis

Service Number: 11821
Enlisted: 29 March 1916, 30th AASC; Served in the Senior Cadets Coburg.
Last Rank: Warrant Officer Class 2
Last Unit: Army Service Corps Companies
Born: Kilmore, Victoria, Australia, March 1895
Home Town: Essendon, Moonee Valley, Victoria
Schooling: Canterbury Grammar and Wesley College, Victoria, Australia
Occupation: Clerk
Died: Pleurisy, 1st Casualty Clearing Station at Estaires, France, 30 January 1917
Cemetery: Estaires Communal Cemetery and Extension, France
Plot 3 Row I Grave 3, Estaires Communal Cemetery and Extension, Estaires, Nord Pas de Calais, France
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour
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World War 1 Service

29 Mar 1916: Enlisted AIF WW1, Staff Sergeant, 11821, 4th Motor Transport Company, 30th AASC; Served in the Senior Cadets Coburg.
5 Jun 1916: Involvement 11821, 4th Motor Transport Company, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '21' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Afric embarkation_ship_number: A19 public_note: ''
5 Jun 1916: Embarked 11821, 4th Motor Transport Company, HMAT Afric, Melbourne
20 Jan 1917: Transferred AIF WW1, Staff Sergeant, Army Service Corps Companies
30 Jan 1917: Involvement 11821, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 11821 awm_unit: M T Australian Army Service Corps att 3rd Division School awm_rank: Company Sergeant Major awm_died_date: 1917-01-30
3 Feb 1917: Promoted AIF WW1, Warrant Officer Class 2, Army Service Corps Companies

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Biography contributed by Evan Evans

From In Memory Of

In Memory Of Company Sergeant Major (CSM) George Francis Lloyd, 3rd Divisional Supply Column, Australian Army Service Corps (AASC) of Essendon, Victoria.

A clerk before enlisting in April 1916, CSM Lloyd left Australia for England with Supply Column 3 of the Army Service Corps in June 1916.

Arriving in France for service on the Western Front in August 1916, he contracted pleuritis and was administered to the 1st Casualty Clearing Station at Estaires on the 20th of January 1917, where he died ten days later aged 21.

Lest We Forget.

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