Theodore Alfred GEORGE

GEORGE, Theodore Alfred

Service Number: 2178
Enlisted: 1 November 1915, Adelaide, South Australia
Last Rank: Saddler
Last Unit: 5th Divisional Train
Born: Edithburgh, South Australia, 16 April 1897
Home Town: Edithburgh, Yorke Peninsula, South Australia
Schooling: Edithburgh Public School, South Australia
Occupation: Labourer
Died: Berri, South Australia, 25 January 1933, aged 35 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery: Berri Cemetery, S.A.
Berri South Australia Section Berri Block J Grave 4 R12 BE000215
Memorials: Edithburgh WW2 Roll of Honor, Edithburgh War Memorial
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World War 1 Service

1 Nov 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Adelaide, South Australia
16 Mar 1916: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2178, 3rd Light Horse Regiment, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1,

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16 Mar 1916: Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 2178, 3rd Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Anchises, Adelaide
4 Aug 1919: Involvement AIF WW1, Saddler, 2178, 5th Divisional Train
4 Aug 1919: Discharged AIF WW1

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Biography

Discharged from Service on 04 Aug 1919

"FOUND DEAD  

Theodore George, a man who for some time has been at Berri, was found dead on the river bank a short distance below the pumping plant, on January 25. M.C. Nichols furnished a report to the coroner, Mr. H. E. Hall J.P. who deemed an inquest unnecessary. The deceased had been unemployed and in rceipt of relief since he came to Berri some time ago." - from the Murray Pioneer and Australian River Record 02 Feb 1933 (nla.gov.au)

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