George Duncan ALLISTON

ALLISTON, George Duncan

Service Number: 2462
Enlisted: 21 July 1915, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 22nd Infantry Battalion
Born: Fitzroy, Victoria, Australia, 1892
Home Town: Brunswick, Moreland, Victoria
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Wickerworker
Died: 1967, cause of death not yet discovered, place of death not yet discovered
Cemetery: Not yet discovered
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World War 1 Service

21 Jul 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
29 Sep 1915: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2462, 22nd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '14' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: RMS Osterley embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: ''
29 Sep 1915: Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 2462, 22nd Infantry Battalion, RMS Osterley, Melbourne

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Biography contributed by Stephen Brooks

2462 Corporal George Duncan Alliston 22nd Battalion AIF, was promoted to Lance Sergeant during May 1917, wounded in action Broodseinde 4 October 1917, shrapnel wound chest and back, evacuated to England before rejoining his unit in France during February 1918. Very shortly after the General Officer Commanding AIF, General Birdwood, approved his return to Australia on the basis that Alliston himself had been wounded and his two brothers, had been killed in action.

Biography

Surname entered incorrectly on Embarkation Roll as ALLISTER.

Son of John William and Mary Alliston. Brother of James Alliston 3753 killed in action on the 3 May 2017 and William Donald Alliston 203 killed in action 20 July 1917.

Returned to Australia 15 April 1918

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