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George NEWBIGGING

Regimental number2370
Place of birthGympie, Queensland
SchoolApple Tree Creek, Childers High School
ReligionMethodist
OccupationLabourer
AddressGympie, Queensland
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation21
Next of kinMother, Mrs Kate Newbigging, Apple Tree Creek, Childers, Queensland
Enlistment date30 May 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name42nd Battalion, 4th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/59/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Brisbane, Queensland, on board HMAT A36 Boonah on 21 October 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll42nd Battalion
FateDied of wounds 9 June 1917
Place of death or woundingMessines, Belgium
Age at death22
Age at death from cemetery records22
Place of burialStrand Military Cemetery (Plot IV, Row E, Grave No. 1), Ploegsteert, Belgium
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
135
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Commemorated in Appletree Creek Cemetery, Queensland. Parents: William and Catherine NEWBEGGING, Apple Tree Creek, Childers, Queensland. Native of Gympie, Queensland
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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