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Walter Harold GEORGE

Regimental number1936
Place of birthHigh St, St Kilda, Victoria
SchoolState School, Brighton Road, St Kilda, Victoria
ReligionPresbyterian
OccupationFarmer
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation18
Next of kinMother, Mrs L George, 66 Hornby Street, Windsor, Melbourne, Victoria
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date21 June 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name21st Battalion, 3rd Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/38/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A68 Anchises on 26 August 1915
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll6th Machine Gun Company
FateKilled in Action 18 November 1916
Place of death or woundingFlers, France
Age at death19.11
Age at death from cemetery records20
Place of burialA.I.F. Burial Ground (Plot I, Row C, Grave No. 9), Grass Lane, Flers, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
178
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Ebenezer and Louisa GEORGE, 66 Hornsby Street, Windsor, Victoria
Family/military connectionsBrothers: A.E. George no 5604 and F.N. George no. 5603.

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