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THORNTON, George Edward
Personal Details
Service Number: | 2331 |
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Enlisted: | 4 December 1916, Warwick, Queensland |
Last Rank: | Trooper |
Last Unit: | Camel Corps |
Born: | Inverell, New South Wales, 13 August 1895 |
Home Town: | Not yet discovered |
Schooling: | Farm Creek School, Killarney state School |
Occupation: | Farm Hand/Carpenter (rebuilding/maintaining Railway Stations) |
Died: | Carcinoma of the lung, Mt. Olivet Hospital, Kangaroo Point, Queensland, 1 November 1979, aged 84 years |
Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
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Service History
World War 1 Service
4 Dec 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Warwick, Queensland | |
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10 May 1917: |
Involvement
AIF WW1, Trooper, 2331, Camel Corps, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '3' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Boorara embarkation_ship_number: A42 public_note: '' |
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10 May 1917: | Embarked AIF WW1, Trooper, 2331, Camel Corps, HMAT Boorara, Melbourne | |
29 May 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1 |
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Returned to Australia 13 March 1919