HURLEY, George Clarence
| Service Number: | 29530 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Gunner |
| Last Unit: | 1st Field Artillery Brigade |
| Born: | Yandoit, Victoria, Australia, 11 June 1890 |
| Home Town: | Werona, Mount Alexander, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Werona, Victoria, Australia |
| Occupation: | Teacher |
| Died: | Died of wounds, Belgium, 3 November 1917, aged 27 years |
| Cemetery: |
Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Bahgallah Old Scholars & District Volunteers Honour Roll, Ballarat Smeaton State School No 552 Roll of Honor, Ballarat Werona State School No 1139, Parkville Old State College Memorial Windows, Smeaton Werona State School No 1139 Roll of Honor |
World War 1 Service
| 3 Oct 1916: | Involvement Gunner, 29530, Australian Field Artillery - 116th to 120th Howitzer Batteries: AIF, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '4' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Aeneas embarkation_ship_number: A60 public_note: '' | |
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| 3 Oct 1916: | Embarked Gunner, 29530, Australian Field Artillery - 116th to 120th Howitzer Batteries: AIF, HMAT Aeneas, Melbourne | |
| 3 Nov 1917: | Involvement Gunner, 29530, 1st Field Artillery Brigade, Third Ypres, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 29530 awm_unit: 1st Australian Field Artillery Brigade awm_rank: Gunner awm_died_date: 1917-11-03 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Andreena Hockley
"George Clarence Hurley was the son of Mr. and Mrs. G. Hurley, of Werona. He was born at Werona on the 11th of June, 1890, and received his early education there. In 1911, he was appointed temporary head teacher at Scott's Creek, near Geelong, and, in 1912-13, held a similar position at Tandarook, near Cobden. He had temporary charge of part-time schools at Strathdownie and Wilkin in 1914, of the school at Bahgellah, near Casterton, and of the school at Toombullup East, his first permanent post.
The year 1915 he spent at the Teachers' College, where, by dint of diligent application, he gained the Trained Primary Teachers Certificate.
In 1916, he taught for a little time at Mr. Bruno, near Glenrowan, and, on the 7th of March, enlisted. His record is that of a quiet, persevering teacher, gentlemanly in demeanor, exercising a fine influence, and doing work of a creditable character.
After enlisting, he was trained an a gunner at the Maribyrnong Camp. He sailed on the 3rd of October, 1916, and on the 3rd of November, 1917, died at the 2nd Canadian Casualty Clearing Station from the effects of shell gas.
The Creswick Advertiser says of him: "He was a lad much loved and admired by all those that knew him. He leaves behind a memory, good, clean, and noble, of which those who sorrow for his loss may even in their sadness be justly proud."
Mr. James J. Hurley, head teacher at Dispur, is an only brother. He volunteered, too, but was rejected."
Source: The Education Department's Record of War Service, Victoria, 1914-1919.
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