TAPP, George William
| Service Numbers: | 2030, Q380 |
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| Enlisted: | 6 November 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 2nd Remount Unit |
| Born: | Barnsley, ENGLAND, 29 March 1887 |
| Home Town: | Toowoomba, Toowoomba, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Assurance agent |
| Died: | Innisfail, Queensland, Australia, 6 May 1952, aged 65 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Innisfail Cemetery, Qld |
| Memorials: | Toowoomba Protestant Alliance Friendly Society of Australia (P.A.F.S.O.A.) (2) |
World War 1 Service
| 6 Nov 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2030, 2nd Australian Remount Unit | |
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| 10 Nov 1915: | Embarked Private, 2030, 2nd Australian Remount Unit, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '24' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: RMS Orontes embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: '' | |
| 20 Nov 1915: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 2030, 2nd Australian Remount Unit | |
| 1 Apr 1916: | Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, 2nd Australian Remount Unit | |
| 13 Oct 1918: | Promoted AIF WW1, Sergeant, 2nd Australian Remount Unit | |
| 20 Jan 1919: | Embarked AIF WW1, Sergeant, 2030, 2nd Remount Unit, per Orsova |
World War 2 Service
| 30 Oct 1940: | Enlisted Australian Army (Post WW2), Q380, In a letter to the Australian Army. George states in 1940 that he is a Commonwealth Peace Officer | |
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| 25 Jun 1941: | Involvement Corporal, Q380 | |
| 25 Jun 1941: | Enlisted |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Chris Buckley
George William Tapp, born in Barnsley, Yorkshire in 1874, arrived in Brisbane, Queensland Australia on 25 August 1885 on board the Wistow Hall. George lived and worked as a Coal Miner in Ipswich QLD, and in 1900 was a Wheeler at Stockton Colliery in Newcastle, New South Wales.
Returning to Ipswich, QLD in 1902, George worked as a Coal Miner and married Rosanna Lavina Price in 1902 in Ipswich, QLD.
In 1911, George and his family were in Ipswich, QLD where George was working as an Assurance Agent. He continued this employment when he moved to Toowoomba in the Darling Downs, QLD in 1913.
George enlisted in 1915 in the AIF 7th Battalion 2nd Australian Remount uNit as a Private (Service No: 2030) and served in Heliopolis, Port Said, and Moascar. He was a Sergeant on his Discharge in 1919.
Wife Rosanna died in 1916, and following WWI, George lived and worked in Maryborough QLD as an Insurance Inspector. In 1921 George married Emma Layt in Bundaberg, QLD where he worked as a Book Seller.
Wife Emma died in Bundaberg in 1934, and in 1940 George enlisted in the Australian Army with Australian Int Corps, serving as a Corporal (Service No: Q380) until his Discharge in 1941
George was living in Bundamba, Ipswich, QLD and working as a Storeman in 1943, and in 1949 was Assistant Time Keeper with Mount Isa Mines in Cloncurry. George died in Innisfail, Qld in 1952