OUTTERIDGE, George
| Service Number: | 6501 |
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| Enlisted: | 29 December 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Sapper |
| Last Unit: | 12th Field Company Engineers |
| Born: | Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia, November 1878 |
| Home Town: | Kalgoorlie, Kalgoorlie/Boulder, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Kahibah, New South Wales, Australia, 1 January 1963, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Sandgate General Cemetery, Newcastle, NSW ANGLICAN 3-163. 35. |
| Memorials: | Kalgoorlie St John's Anglican Church Honour Roll |
World War 1 Service
| 29 Dec 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Sapper, 6501, 4th Field Company Engineers | |
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| 11 Mar 1916: | Involvement Sapper, 6501, 4th Field Company Engineers, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '5' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Orsova embarkation_ship_number: A67 public_note: '' | |
| 11 Mar 1916: | Embarked Sapper, 6501, 4th Field Company Engineers, HMAT Orsova, Sydney | |
| 12 Aug 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Sapper, 12th Field Company Engineers | |
| 4 Jun 1918: | Wounded AIF WW1, Sapper, 6501, 12th Field Company Engineers, GSW left shoulder | |
| 18 Aug 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Sapper, 6501, 12th Field Company Engineers, 2nd MD |
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From Gary Mitchell, Sandgate Cemetery
Good News! A returned veteran from The Great War resting at Sandgate Cemetery will have their Honour and Dignity restored.
Sapper George Outteridge, 4th Australian Field Company Engineers & 12th Australian Field Company Engineers (Reg No-6501), labourer from National Hotel, Kalgoorlie, Western Australia and Cowper Avenue, Kahibah, New South Wales, was laid to rest at Sandgate Cemetery on the 2nd January 1943, age 64. ANGLICAN 3-163. 35.
Not married.
Enlisted December 1915 at Blackboy Hill, Western Australia as George Wilson.
Wounded in action - 4.6.1918 (GSW left shoulder).
Many thanks to Monique Outteridge for the notification, photo of George and family history (May 2022).
Younger brother Herbert Jesse (35th Battalion, Reg No-167, born 1890? died 1963) resting same location.
George’s name has been inscribed on the curbing with brother Henry, but not Herbert’s name.
Wooden crosses erected May 2022.
I submitted applications to DVA asking for Commonwealth War Graves Plaques to be placed at the gravesite August 2022, and George was accepted August 2022, fingers crossed for Herbert!
Lest We Forget.
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