George Arthur RANSLEY

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Service Number:	3687
Enlisted:	23 September 1915, Claremont, Tasmania
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	26th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Hamilton, Tasmania, 19 November 1886
Home Town:	Fentonbury, Central Highlands, Tasmania
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Farmer
Died:	Died of wounds (POW of Germany), France, 28 November 1916, aged 30 years
Cemetery:	Porte-de-Paris Cemetery, Cambrai, France I A 2
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, Fentonbury War Memorial, Gretna War Memorial

23 Sep 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3687, 26th Infantry Battalion, Claremont, Tasmania
5 Jan 1916:	Involvement Private, 3687, 26th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Afric embarkation_ship_number: A19 public_note: ''
5 Jan 1916:	Embarked Private, 3687, 26th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Afric, Melbourne
14 Nov 1916:	Imprisoned 'The Winter Offensive' - Flers/Gueudecourt winter of 1916/17
14 Nov 1916:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 3687, 26th Infantry Battalion, 'The Winter Offensive' - Flers/Gueudecourt winter of 1916/17, Grenade wound (left leg)

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Son of Arthur and Johanna RANSLEY, Fentonbury, Tasmania

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