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MCKELVEY, George Robert
Personal Details
Service Number: | 2855 |
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Enlisted: | 12 October 1916, Cairns, Queensland |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | 41st Infantry Battalion |
Born: | Rutherglen, Victoria, date not yet discovered |
Home Town: | Cairns, Cairns, Queensland |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Labourer (Lengthsman Qld Rail) |
Memorials: | Townsville Railway Station Roll of Honour |
Service History
World War 1 Service
12 Oct 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Cairns, Queensland | |
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23 Dec 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2855, 41st Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '18' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Demosthenes embarkation_ship_number: A64 public_note: '' | |
23 Dec 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 2855, 41st Infantry Battalion, HMAT Demosthenes, Sydney |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
George Robert was badly wounded in WW1 and on return struggled to find work and support, living with his father in Nth Qld in Tolga until his father died. He then briefly lived with his brother Dudley in Cairns but then disappeared.