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RISBEY, George Samuel

Service Number:	980
Enlisted:	9 February 1916, Melbourne, Vic.
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	38th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Mildura, Victoria, Australia, 1897
Home Town:	Mildura, Mildura Shire, Victoria
Schooling:	Wesley College, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Occupation:	Brickmaker
Died:	Killed in Action, France, 29 September 1918
Cemetery:	Unicorn Cemetery, Vendhuile Plot III, Row B, Grave 10 Headstone Inscription "FOR DUTY, LOVE AND HONOUR HE LAID DOWN HIS LIFE",
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Mildura Methodist Church & Sunday School Great War Honor Roll, Mildura Primary School War Memorial, Mildura S. Risbey Pty. Ltd. Honor Roll

World War 1 Service

9 Feb 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 980, 38th Infantry Battalion, Melbourne, Vic.
20 Jun 1916:	Embarked Private, 980, 38th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Runic, Melbourne
20 Jun 1916:	Involvement Private, 980, 38th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '18' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Runic embarkation_ship_number: A54 public_note: ''
7 Jun 1917:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 980, 38th Infantry Battalion, Battle of Messines
16 Jun 1917:	Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, 38th Infantry Battalion, France. Later reduced to ranks in August 1918.
12 Oct 1917:	Wounded AIF WW1, Corporal, 980, 38th Infantry Battalion, 1st Passchendaele, GSW to foot. Evacuated to UK. Rejoined unit 17 April 1918.
8 Aug 1918:	Involvement AIF WW1, Corporal, 980, 38th Infantry Battalion, The Battle of Amiens
29 Sep 1918:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 980, 38th Infantry Battalion, Breaching the Hindenburg Line - Cambrai / St Quentin Canal

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Biography contributed by Daryl Jones

Son of Samuel and Sarah Ann RISBEY, of Mildura, Victoria, Australia.