George Davidson SOMERVILLE (SOMMERVILLE)

SOMERVILLE (SOMMERVILLE), George Davidson

    Service Number: 528
    Enlisted: 17 August 1914, Enlisted at Footscray, Victoria
    Last Rank: Sergeant
    Last Unit: 7th Infantry Battalion
    Born: Cunninghame, Victoria, Australia, 1895
    Home Town: Sunshine, Brimbank, Victoria
    Schooling: High School, Melbourne, Victoria
    Occupation: Teacher
    Died: Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 8 May 1915
    Cemetery: No known grave - "Known Unto God"
    Helles Memorial, Cape Helles, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey
    Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Helles Memorial, Gallipoli, Kalimna State School (Lakes Entrance), Kangaroo Ground Lone Pine Memorial, Kangaroo Ground Shire of Eltham Tower of Remembrance
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    World War 1 Service

    17 Aug 1914: Enlisted AIF WW1, 528, Enlisted at Footscray, Victoria
    19 Oct 1914: Involvement Lance Corporal, 528, 7th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Hororata embarkation_ship_number: A20 public_note: ''
    19 Oct 1914: Embarked Lance Corporal, 528, 7th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Hororata, Melbourne
    23 Apr 1915: Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal
    30 Apr 1915: Promoted AIF WW1, Sergeant, At Gallipoli
    8 May 1915: Involvement Sergeant, 528, 7th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 528 awm_unit: 7 Battalion awm_rank: Sergeant awm_died_date: 1915-05-08

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    Biography contributed by Carol Foster

    Address at the time of enlistment was Anderson Road, Sunshine, Victoria

    Son of John Frange Sommerville and Margaret Davidson Sommerville of 2 Commercial Road, Footscray, Victoria. Brother of Janet Hart Frange Sommerville, Bessie Mary Sommerville, Hector Soomerville and G. Sommerville

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

    Served with the Senior Cadets for about 3 years

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