George Bowden YEATES

YEATES, George Bowden

Service Number: 2525
Enlisted: 10 July 1915, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 18th Infantry Battalion
Born: Adelong, New South Wales, Australia, 1895
Home Town: Grahamstown, Tumut Shire, New South Wales
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Labourer
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World War 1 Service

10 Jul 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2525, 18th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW
5 Oct 1915: Involvement Private, 2525, 18th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Themistocles embarkation_ship_number: A32 public_note: ''
5 Oct 1915: Embarked Private, 2525, 18th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Themistocles, Sydney
18 Oct 1917: Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 2525, 18th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 2nd Military District as medically unfit due to Shell Shock

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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Served under alias of George Bowden Hawke 

Commenced return to Australia on 21 July 1917 aboard HT Euripidies disembarking on 18 September 1917 at Melbourne for onward travel to Sydney

During 1938c George married Doris V. Sutherland in Sydney, NSW. At the time he was residing in Waverley, NSW

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