George Charles HESSEY

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Service Number:	12764
Enlisted:	8 October 1916, Enlisted at Sydney Showgrounds, NSW
Last Rank:	Driver
Last Unit:	Australian Army Service Corps
Born:	Layton, England, 1885
Home Town:	Double Bay, Woollahra, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Motor Mechanic
Died:	Canterbury, New South Wales, Australia, 26 May 1945, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Not yet discovered
Memorials:	Double Bay War Memorial

8 Oct 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 12764, Australian Motor Transport Company, Enlisted at Sydney Showgrounds, NSW
17 Oct 1916:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 12764, Embarked HMAT Borda at Sydney, NSW
10 Jan 1917:	Promoted AIF WW1, Driver, Australian Motor Transport Company
8 Aug 1917:	Transferred AIF WW1, Driver, Australian Army Service Corps, Mechanical Transport
16 Apr 1918:	Discharged AIF WW1, Driver, 12764, Australian Army Service Corps, Mechanical Transport. Discharged at the 2nd Military District as medically unfit due to nephritis
Date unknown:	Involvement AIF WW1, Driver, 12764

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Son of Charles Richard Hessey and Jane Hessey nee Davey of Layton, England

Husband of Rosina Anne Hessey nee Burton of Cross Street, Double Bay, NSW. Father of Ruby Winifred Hessey and Lillian Alexandra Hessey

Commenced return to Australia on 11 January 1918 aboard HT Port Darwin disembarking on 7 March 1918 at Melbourne for onward travel to Sydney

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal