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George Edgar NURCOMBE

Regimental number56
Place of birthPetersham, New South Wales
Place of birthCamperdown, New South Wales
SchoolForrest Lodge Public School, New South Wales
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationGasfitter
Address227 Goulburn Street, Sydney, New South Wales
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation19
Next of kinBrother, Arthur Nurcombe, Banks Street, Meadowbank, New South Wales
Previous military serviceServed in the Scottish Rifles, Citizen Military Forces, New South Wales.
Enlistment date17 August 1914
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name4th Battalion, A Company
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/21/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A14 Euripides on 20 October 1914
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll4th Battalion
Other details from Roll of Honour CircularDied at Malta.
FateDied of disease 29 July 1915
Place of death or woundingGallipoli, Turkey
Date of death29 July 1915
Age at death19
Age at death from cemetery records19
Place of burialPieta Military Cemetery (Plot B, Row III, Grave No. 6), Malta
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
41
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Commemorated on Australian Gas Light Company Roll of Honour, Concord. Parents: Edward Arthur and Emma NURCOMBE
Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

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