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DESPARD, George Vandeleur
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 8400 |
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| Enlisted: | 4 August 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Sergeant |
| Last Unit: | 6th Field Artillery Brigade |
| Born: | Renmark, South Australia, 18 June 1894 |
| Home Town: | Renmark, Renmark Paringa, South Australia |
| Occupation: | Clerk |
| Died: | Hounslow, England, 17 March 1971, aged 76 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Memorials: | Men from Renmark and District Roll of Honor Boards (4), North Adelaide Christ Church Honour Board |
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World War 1 Service
| 4 Aug 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Corporal, 8400, 6th Field Artillery Brigade | |
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| 22 Nov 1915: | Involvement 8400, 6th Field Artillery Brigade , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '4' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Persic embarkation_ship_number: A34 public_note: '' | |
| 22 Nov 1915: | Embarked 8400, 6th Field Artillery Brigade , HMAT Persic, Melbourne | |
| 22 Sep 1919: | Involvement AIF WW1, Sergeant | |
| 22 Sep 1919: | Discharged Australian Military Forces (Post WW1), 8400 |
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Entered in loving memory of Patricia Despard, George Despard's daughter and my dear friend, dcd April 2020, Ealing, West London, who, if she had known about this website, would surely have honoured her beloved father. They now lie together with his wife Dorothy and son Richard in Chiswick Old Cemetery, West London UK.