George BINDER

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Service Number:	7211
Enlisted:	19 February 1917, Sydney, New South Wales
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	4th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Essex, England, 1889
Home Town:	Sydney, City of Sydney, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Seaman/Coal lumper
Died:	Killed in Action, France, 17 April 1918
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" No known grave, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France, Bonnay Communal Cemetery Extension, Picardie, France
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France)

19 Feb 1917:	Enlisted AIF WW1, 7211, Sydney, New South Wales
24 Apr 1917:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 7211, 4th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Suffolk embarkation_ship_number: A23 public_note: ''
24 Apr 1917:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 7211, 4th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Suffolk, Sydney
17 Apr 1918:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 7211, 4th Infantry Battalion, German Spring Offensive 1918

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AWM Red Cross Wounded and Missing File (www.awm.gov.au) contains 10 pages and states the George Binder died from shell wounds and was buried where he fell in th evicinity of SE Strazell, Belgium.

The file also makes reference to Sheet 27. S.E.X 19 C2505, but there is no reference to where this sheet can be found