George John UPSTON

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Service Number:	6357
Enlisted:	Not yet discovered
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	12th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Bracknell, Tasmania, Australia, 1874
Home Town:	Deloraine, Meander Valley, Tasmania
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Carpenter
Died:	Tasmania, Australia, 12 July 1943, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Deloraine Public Cemetery, Tasmania
Memorials:	Deloraine War Memorial

24 Aug 1916:	Involvement Private, 6357, 12th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Botanist embarkation_ship_number: A59 public_note: ''
24 Aug 1916:	Embarked Private, 6357, 12th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Botanist, Melbourne

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Husband of Sarah Ann Upston of High Street, Deloraine, Tasmania

26 April 1916 - enlisted at Claremont, Tasmania, with the 12th Battalion with the rank of Private

Commenced return to Australia on 20 May 1919 aboard HT Nestor disembarking on 2 July 1919 at Melbourne for onward travel to Tasmania

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

13 September 1919 - discharged at the 6th Military District unit demobilised