Edwin GEORGE

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Service Number:	1412
Enlisted:	10 September 1914, Bendigo, Vic.
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	16th Infantry Battalion (WW1)
Born:	Bendigo, Victoria, Australia, 1892
Home Town:	Bendigo, Greater Bendigo, Victoria
Schooling:	Specimen Hill State School, Bendigo, Victoria
Occupation:	Miner
Died:	Died of wounds, Rouen, France, 14 August 1916
Cemetery:	St Sever Cemetery Extension, Rouen Plot B, Row 31, Grave No. 23, St Sever Cemetery, Haute-Normandie, France
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Bendigo Great War Roll of Honor

10 Sep 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1412, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), Bendigo, Vic.
22 Dec 1914:	Involvement Private, 1412, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), Battle for Pozières , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Berrima embarkation_ship_number: A35 public_note: ''
22 Dec 1914:	Embarked Private, 1412, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), HMAT Berrima, Melbourne
7 May 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1412, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), ANZAC / Gallipoli
27 Aug 1915:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 1412, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), The August Offensive - Lone Pine, Suvla Bay, Sari Bair, The Nek and Hill 60 - Gallipoli, SW to right shoulder. Evacuated to England. Rejoined unit 9 March 1916 (in Egypt).
10 Aug 1916:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 1412, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), Mouquet Farm, GSW right shoulder and head. Evacuated to 9th General Hospital at Rouen where he died of his wounds on 14 August 1916.

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