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George Leslie MAGGS

Regimental number255
Place of birthGisborne, Victoria
SchoolState School, Victoria
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationGrocer
Address10 Reeve Street, Clifton Hill, Victoria
Marital statusMarried
Age at embarkation23
Next of kinWife, Mrs May Pearl Maggs, 10 Reeve Street, Clifton Hill, Victoria
Enlistment date2 February 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name3rd Pioneer Battalion, A Company
AWM Embarkation Roll number14/15/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A62 Wandilla on 6 June 1916
Rank from Nominal RollCorporal
Unit from Nominal Roll3rd Pioneer Battalion
FateKilled in Action 29 May 1917
Place of death or woundingMessines, Belgium
Age at death24.7
Place of burialStrand Military Cemetery (Plot II, Row D, Grave No. 1), Ploegsteert, Belgium
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
173
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: William and Sarah MAGGS; husband of Mary Pearl MAGGS, 109 Napier Street, Fitzroy, Victoria. Native of Gisborne, Victoria
Family/military connectionsBrother Frank Godfrey Maggs killed in Belgium.

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