LAWRENCE, George Henry
| Service Number: | 30933 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Gunner |
| Last Unit: | Medium Trench Mortar Batteries |
| Born: | Plymouth, Devon, England, 14 March 1879 |
| Home Town: | Not yet discovered |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Shire Labourer |
| Died: | 27 August 1938, aged 59 years, cause of death not yet discovered, place of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 11 Nov 1916: | Involvement Gunner, 30933, Medium Trench Mortar Batteries, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '4' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Suevic embarkation_ship_number: A29 public_note: '' | |
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| 11 Nov 1916: | Embarked Gunner, 30933, Medium Trench Mortar Batteries, HMAT Suevic, Sydney |
Outline of Service
George Henry Lawrence
14/3/1879 – 27/8/1938
N38798 changed to 30933 Gunner George Henry Lawrence Enlisted Show Ground Camp Sydney 4/09/1916.
Embarked Sydney 11/11/1916 from Unit 4th Divisional Headquarters with Medium Trench Mortar Battery Reinforcement 4 aboard HMAT A29 Suevic.
Disembarked at Cape Town and hospitalized with Measles 14/12/1916. Re-embarked 12/01/1917 for Plymouth aboard HMAT A67 Orsova, arriving England 17/02/1917.
Embarked Folkestone (South England) 15/3/1917.
Arrived Etaples (North France) 16/03/1917.
George served with 4th Divisional Artillery Column, the 11th Field Artillery Brigade and the 4th Artillery Divisional Headquarters in England, France and Belgium who in this period fought in the following: Retreat to the Hindenburg Line, Bullecourt, Messines, Menin Road, Polygon Wood, Passchendaele, Villers Bretonneux, Hamel, Amiens, Albert and the Hindenburg Line.
He was admitted to 39 General Hospital at Le Havre (North France) 18/04/1919 (N.Y.D - Not Yet Determined), returning to Australia aboard HMAT A28 Miltiades leaving Plymouth 19/06/1919, arriving Melbourne and discharged 08/08/1919.
George suffered “Shell Shock”.
Submitted 23 July 2024 by DANIEL NISSEN
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