George Henry FARMER

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FARMER, George Henry

Service Number:	2561
Enlisted:	9 July 1916, Perth, WA
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	43rd Infantry Battalion
Born:	Bendigo, Victoria, Australia, 1884
Home Town:	Bullfinch, Yilgarn, Western Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Millman
Died:	Killed in Action, Warneton, Belgium, 31 July 1917
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Bendigo Great War Roll of Honor, Golden Square District, Menin Gate Memorial (Commonwealth Memorial to the Missing of the Ypres Salient)

World War 1 Service

9 Jul 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2561, 43rd Infantry Battalion, Perth, WA
9 Nov 1916:	Involvement Private, 2561, 43rd Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '18' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Argyllshire embarkation_ship_number: A8 public_note: ''
9 Nov 1916:	Embarked Private, 2561, 43rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Argyllshire, Fremantle
7 Jun 1917:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2561, 43rd Infantry Battalion, Battle of Messines
31 Jul 1917:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2561, 43rd Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres

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Biography contributed by Robert Wight

A millman before enlisting in August 1916, 2561 Private (Pte) George Henry Farmer, 43rd Battalion, of Bullfinch, WA left Australia for service on the Western Front with the 5th Reinforcements in November 1916.

Pte Farmer was killed by a German sniper during the 43rd Battalion's attack on a German strongpoint at Warneton, near Messines, on 31 July 1917, age 33.

He was buried alongside three other men who were killed by the same sniper, however the grave was unmarked, and its location was subsequently lost.

Source: AWM

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