George KERSHAW

KERSHAW, George

    Service Number: 814
    Enlisted: 17 August 1914, Enlisted at Melbourne
    Last Rank: Private
    Last Unit: 6th Infantry Battalion
    Born: Talbot, Victoria, Australia, 1891
    Home Town: Bendigo, Greater Bendigo, Victoria
    Schooling: Not yet discovered
    Occupation: Stage Doorkeeper
    Died: Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 25 April 1915
    Cemetery: No known grave - "Known Unto God"
    No known grave Panel 26, Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey
    Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Bendigo Great War Roll of Honor, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing
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    World War 1 Service

    17 Aug 1914: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 814, 6th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Melbourne
    19 Oct 1914: Involvement Private, 814, 6th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Hororata embarkation_ship_number: A20 public_note: ''
    19 Oct 1914: Embarked Private, 814, 6th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Hororata, Melbourne
    25 Apr 1915: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 814, 6th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli

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    Biography contributed by Carol Foster

    Son of John David Kershaw and Mary Ann Kershaw nee Ward of 53 Wills Terrace, Bendigo, Victoria. Brother of Charles Kershaw of the Beaufort Hotel, Queens Street, Melbourne, Victoria, Lucy Graham nee Kershaw of Bendigo

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

    Biography contributed by Robert Wight

    Brother: 302 Pte Charles KERSHAW, 1st Squadron, Australian Flying Corps, returned to Australia, 16 March 1919

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