MCALLISTER (MCALISTER), George Bentley
| Service Number: | 6554 |
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| Enlisted: | 9 December 1916, Bombala, NSW |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 20th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Giore, New Zealand, 13 November 1888 |
| Home Town: | Bombala, Bombala, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Gore High School New Zealand |
| Occupation: | Bank Clerk |
| Died: | Pneumonia, St Vincent's Hospital, Sydney, NSW, 21 November 1924, aged 36 years |
| Cemetery: |
Woronora Memorial Park, Sutherland, New South Wales Anglican Monumental Section 3, Grave 0577 |
| Memorials: | Bank of New South Wales Roll of Honour Book, Bombala War Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 9 Dec 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 6554, 20th Infantry Battalion, Bombala, NSW | |
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| 24 Jan 1917: | Involvement Private, 6554, 20th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '13' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Anchises embarkation_ship_number: A68 public_note: '' | |
| 24 Jan 1917: | Embarked Private, 6554, 20th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Anchises, Sydney |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
GEORGE BENTLEY RAE McALISTER, the son of Mr. Edward and Mrs. Mary McAlister, was born on 13th November, 1888, at Southland, New Zealand. He was educated at the Gore High School, and entered the service of the Bank at Gore on 13th November, 1905. His subsequent transfers were to Christchurch in May, 1909; Fielding in October, 1911 ; Head Office, October, 1912; Bathurst Street in November, 1912; and Bombala, as teller, in March, 1914.
He enlisted on 9th January, 1916, and joined the 20th Battalion in France, being eventually promoted to the rank of company quartermaster-sergeant. He returned home in February, 1919.
Source - Bank of NSW Roll of Honour
Mr. G.B.R. McAlister, who left Singleton last Saturday, after four and a half years' service as accountant in the local branch of the Bank of New South Wales, met with misfortune a day or two after arriving in Sydney to take up duty in the head offic. News has been received that he was admitted to St. Vincent's Hospital on Tuesday with Pneumonia, and his condition was such as to give cause for the gravest anxiety.
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