George Alexander URRY

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Service Number:	5639
Enlisted:	4 April 1916, Enlisted at Rockhampton, QLD
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	57th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 18 March 1884
Home Town:	Mount Morgan, Rockhampton, Queensland
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Miner
Died:	Queensland, Australia, 30 March 1968, aged 84 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Mount Thompson Memorial Gardens & Crematorium, Queensland Columbarium Wall 12, Section 22
Memorials:	Mount Morgan Gold Mining Company Honour Roll

4 Apr 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Sapper, 5639, Tunnelling Companies, Enlisted at Rockhampton, QLD
25 Oct 1916:	Embarked Sapper, 5639, Tunnelling Companies, HMAT Ulysses, Melbourne
25 Oct 1916:	Involvement Sapper, 5639, Tunnelling Companies, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '6' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ulysses embarkation_ship_number: A38 public_note: ''
27 Apr 1918:	Transferred AIF WW1, Sapper, 1st Tunnelling Company (inc. 4th Tunnelling Company)
19 Sep 1918:	Transferred AIF WW1, Sapper, 57th Infantry Battalion
29 Sep 1918:	Wounded AIF WW1, 5639, 57th Infantry Battalion, Invalided to England on 6 October 1918 with wounds to the leg
27 Jun 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 5639, 57th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 1st Military District as medically unfit due to wounding
Date unknown:	Embarked Sapper, 5639, Tunnelling Companies
Date unknown:	Involvement Sapper, 5639, Tunnelling Companies, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '6' embarkation_place: '' embarkation_ship: '' embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: ''

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Son of Alfred Urry and Anne Jane Urry nee Murphy of Brisbane, QLD.

Husband of Grace Elizabeth Urry nee Spreadborough of George Street, Rockhampton, QLD. George and Grace were married on 7 December 1912 in QLD.

Commenced return to Australia on 24 December 1918 aboard Takada disembarking on 11 February 1919 at Melbourne for onward travel to Brisbane

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal