George Henry LANDY

Regimental number3532
Place of birthSouth Melbourne, Victoria
SchoolCity Road State School, South Melbourne, Victoria
ReligionPresbyterian
OccupationCarter
Address215 Grant Street, South Melbourne, Victoria
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation21
Next of kinMother, Mrs Elizabeth Landy, 215 Grant Street, South Melbourne, Victoria
Previous military serviceServed in the School Cadets and Citizen Forces.
Enlistment date21 July 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name24th Battalion, 8th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/41/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A19 Afric on 5 January 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll8th Battalion
FateDied of wounds 29 July 1916
Place of death or woundingPozieres, Somme Sector, France
Age at death22
Place of burialEtaples Military Cemetery (Plot IX, Row B, Grave No. I), France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
53
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Henry and Elizabeth LANDY, 215 Grant Street, South Melbourne
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal