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HATHAWAY, George
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 7177 |
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| Enlisted: | 28 January 1918 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 34th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Rockdale, New South Wales, Australia, 1898 |
| Home Town: | Rockdale, Rockdale, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Dairyman |
| Died: | Died of wounds, France, 22 August 1918 |
| Cemetery: |
Daours Communal Cemetery Extension, France Plot V, Row C, Grave No. 10. A LOVING SON, BROTHER DEAR WE HOPE IN HEAVEN WE WILL HIM FIND |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 28 Jan 1918: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 7177, 19th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 28 Feb 1918: | Involvement Private, 7177, 19th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '13' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Nestor embarkation_ship_number: A71 public_note: '' | |
| 28 Feb 1918: | Embarked Private, 7177, 19th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Nestor, Melbourne | |
| 22 Aug 1918: | Involvement Private, 7177, 34th Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 7177 awm_unit: 34th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1918-08-22 |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Stephen Brooks
George Hathaway only enlisted in January 1918 and only arrived at the front in France on 21 July 1918. He was mortally wounded only a month later died soon after in the 55th Casualty Clearing Station.
His older brother, 3756 Frederick Hathaway 13th Battalion AIF had died of wounds on 6 July, 1918, after the Battle of Hamel, aged 21.
They were the sons of Frederick and Harriet Hathaway, of Rockdale, New South Wales.