George Edmund CHALLIS

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Service Numbers:	1265, 2165
Enlisted:	2 May 1916
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	46th Infantry Battalion
Born:	North Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 20 June 1897
Home Town:	Benalla, Benalla, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Clerk
Died:	Killed in Action, Bullecourt, France, 11 April 1917, aged 19 years
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God"
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Docklands Members of Railway Head Office Staff Honour Roll, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial

2 May 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1265, 46th Infantry Battalion
16 Aug 1916:	Involvement Private, 2165, 46th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '19' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: RMS Orontes embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: ''
16 Aug 1916:	Embarked Private, 2165, 46th Infantry Battalion, RMS Orontes, Melbourne

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