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LIVESEY, George Melling

Service Number:	3302
Enlisted:	Not yet discovered
Last Rank:	Lieutenant
Last Unit:	50th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia, 5 August 1893
Home Town:	Not yet discovered
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Clerk
Died:	Daw Park, South Australia, 31 July 1963, aged 69 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Centennial Park Cemetery, South Australia
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World War 1 Service

27 Oct 1915:	Involvement Private, 3302, 12th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Benalla embarkation_ship_number: A24 public_note: ''
27 Oct 1915:	Embarked Private, 3302, 12th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Benalla, Adelaide
11 Nov 1918:	Involvement Lieutenant, 3302, 50th Infantry Battalion
23 May 1919:	Honoured Military Cross, Lieutenant George Melling Livesey, 50th Battalion, was awarded the Military Cross for conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty. Under heavy machine-gun fire he successfully led a party against an enemy position, capturing three machine-guns and fourteen prisoners, and killing a number of the enemy. The enemy, with at least 100 men, immediately counter-attacked, and closed round his party. Nevertheless, he held onto his prisoners and guns, and fought his way back with them to his lines. He showed marked courage and determined leadership.

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