George HARVEY

HARVEY, George

Service Number: 2427
Enlisted: 3 April 1916, Perth, Western Australia
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 2nd Sanitary Section
Born: St.Stephens, Canterbury, England., July 1866
Home Town: Lawlers, Leonora, Western Australia
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Builder
Died: Natural causes (Malignant neck glands & cardiac failure) , Perth, Western Australia., 31 January 1929
Cemetery: Karrakatta Cemetery & Crematorium, Western Australia
Niche Wall Lance Howard Memorial Gardens, W 12 0072.
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Biography

George travelled from his home in Kent, England to Australia and arrived into Melbourne in 1905 together with his younger brother Frederick.  George found his way to the goldfields area in around Kalgoorlie.  He settled in Lawlers and followed his trade as a builder. He enlisted in 1916, by which time he was 50 years of age.  On his enlistment forms he showed his aged as, initially 34 years 4 months, then changed to 43 years.