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RIXON, George Vincent
Personal Details
Service Number: | 87 |
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Enlisted: | 26 September 1880, Enlisted at Rosehill, NSW |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | 13th Infantry Battalion |
Born: | Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 1880 |
Home Town: | Darlington Point, Murrumbidgee Shire, New South Wales |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Tram Conductor |
Died: | Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 3 May 1915 |
Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Haymarket NSW Government Railway and Tramway Honour Board, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing |
Service History
World War 1 Service
26 Sep 1880: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 87, 13th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Rosehill, NSW | |
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22 Dec 1914: | Involvement Private, 87, 13th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ulysses embarkation_ship_number: A38 public_note: '' | |
22 Dec 1914: | Embarked Private, 87, 13th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ulysses, Melbourne |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Husband of Isabella Rixon of 6 Cleveland Street, Darlington, NSW. Later re-married and known as Isabella Bryan of Auckland, NZ
Father of Kenneth Kellar Rixon and Vincent Victor Rixon
Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal