George HECHLE

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Service Number:	1060
Enlisted:	28 October 1914, Enlisted at Sydney
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	13th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Balham, London, England, United Kingdom, 1881
Home Town:	Albury, Albury Municipality, New South Wales
Schooling:	Cumloden, Alma Road, St Kilda, Victoria, Australia
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Ottoman Empire, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 29 May 1915
Cemetery:	Beach Cemetery - ANZAC Cove Plot 1, Row G, Grave 10 Rev. J. Green officiated Headstone inscription reads: Deeds not words, Beach Cemetery, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

28 Oct 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1060, 13th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Sydney
22 Dec 1914:	Involvement Private, 1060, 13th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ulysses embarkation_ship_number: A38 public_note: ''
22 Dec 1914:	Embarked Private, 1060, 13th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ulysses, Melbourne

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Arrived in Australia aged 11 years

Son of John and Mary Ellen Claxton Hechle of Rotherfield, Bowna, Albury, NSW

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal