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BANKS, George Walter
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 2331 |
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| Enlisted: | 17 July 1915, Liverpool, New South Wales |
| Last Rank: | Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 5th Machine Gun Company |
| Born: | Warwick Farm, New South Wales, Australia, 9 July 1893 |
| Home Town: | Granville, Parramatta, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Liverpool Superior Public School |
| Occupation: | Grocer/Salesman |
| Died: | Died of wounds, Belgium, 9 November 1917, aged 24 years |
| Cemetery: |
Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery XXII. AA. 6, |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Granville St Mark's Anglican Church Memorial Windows, Granville War Memorial |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 17 Jul 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2331, Liverpool, New South Wales | |
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| 5 Oct 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2331, 17th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Themistocles embarkation_ship_number: A32 public_note: '' | |
| 5 Oct 1915: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 2331, 17th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Themistocles, Sydney | |
| 9 Nov 1917: | Involvement AIF WW1, Corporal, 2331, 5th Machine Gun Company, 2nd Passchendaele , --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 2331 awm_unit: 5th Australian Machine Gun Company awm_rank: Corporal awm_died_date: 1917-11-09 |
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Corporal George Walter Banks, 17th Battalion, later 5th Company Australian Machine Gun Corps from Granville, NSW, was a salesman in a grocery store prior to enlisting on 17 July 1915. He embarked from Sydney aboard the HMAT Themistocles (A32) on 5 October 1915 and was wounded in action on 6 November 1917 at Passchendaele, Belgium. He died at the 3rd Canadian Casualty Clearing Station, Belgium, on 9 November 1917, aged 24 and is buried in the Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery, Belgium. He was the son of William Joshua Banks (the grandson of two convicts) and Mary Ann Dwight.
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