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GEORGE, John
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 7983 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 51st Infantry Battalion (WW1) |
| Born: | Ludlow, Shropshire, England , 1885 |
| Home Town: | Corrigin, Corrigin, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Farmer |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, 25 April 1918 |
| Cemetery: |
Adelaide Cemetery Villers-Bretonneux, France INSCRIPTION THY WILL BE DONE Grave III. D. 19., Adelaide Cemetery, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 30 Oct 1917: | Involvement Private, 7983, 11th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Aeneas embarkation_ship_number: A60 public_note: '' | |
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| 30 Oct 1917: | Embarked Private, 7983, 11th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Aeneas, Melbourne | |
| 25 Apr 1918: | Involvement Private, 7983, 51st Infantry Battalion (WW1), --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 7983 awm_unit: 51 Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1918-04-25 |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
He was 32 and the son of John and Ruth George; husband of Bessie George of Mary Knoll, Ludlow, Salop, [Shropshire] England.
Births Mar 1885 GEORGE John Ludlow 6a 582
He is remembered on the Wigmore parish war memorial, Herefordshire, England.