George William UPJOHN

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Service Number:	2009
Enlisted:	Not yet discovered
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	53rd Infantry Battalion
Born:	Moree, New South Wales, Australia, 3 May 1893
Home Town:	Strathfield, Strathfield, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Miller
Died:	Chatswood, New South Wales, Australia, 24 May 1961, aged 68 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Eastern Suburbs Memorial Park, NSW Anglican FM 5C, Grave 1793
Memorials:	Moree Superior Public School WW1 Roll of Honour, Strathfield WWI Honour Roll

14 Apr 1916:	Involvement Private, 2009, 53rd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '19' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Ceramic embarkation_ship_number: A40 public_note: ''
14 Apr 1916:	Embarked Private, 2009, 53rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ceramic, Sydney

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Son of Edward Henry Upjohn and Matilda Frances Upjohn of 'Corsham', Albert Road, Strathfield, NSW

24 February 1916 - enlisted Sydney, NSW with the 53rd Battalion and with ther rank of Private

23 September 1916 - transferred to the 34th Battalion

6 June 1917 - wounded in action, gassed

Commenced return to Australia on 16 January 1919 aboard HT City of York

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

24 April 1919 - discharged at the 2nd Military District as medically unfit

During 1936c George married Anne Christina Brock in Burwood, NSW