George CHALLIS

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Service Number:	123
Enlisted:	Not yet discovered
Last Rank:	Lance Corporal
Last Unit:	New South Wales Imperial Bushmen
Born:	Balmain, New South Wales, Australia, November 1878
Home Town:	Balmain, Leichhardt, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Letter carrier
Died:	Enteric Fever, No 6 General Hospital, Johannesburg, South Africa, 9 February 1901
Cemetery:	Braamfontein Cemetery, Braamfontein, Gauteng, South Africa
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

1 Oct 1899:	Involvement Lance Corporal, 123
1 Oct 1899:	Involvement Lance Corporal, 123, New South Wales Imperial Bushmen
23 Apr 1900:	Embarked Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Lance Corporal, 123, New South Wales Imperial Bushmen, Embarked from Sydney on the SS "Armenian".
5 Aug 1900:	Involvement Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Lance Corporal, 123, Elands River, Relief of Elands River garrison.
9 Feb 1901:	Discharged Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Lance Corporal, 123, New South Wales Imperial Bushmen, D.O.D.

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