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George PAUL

Regimental number3664
Place of birthDornoch, Scotland
ReligionPresbyterian
OccupationLabourer
AddressWallabadah, New South Wales
Marital statusMarried
Age at embarkation48
Next of kinWife, Mrs Mary Paul, Wallabadah, New South Wales
Previous military serviceServed in the Ashanti War, 1873-4; Zulu War, 1874; Tel el Kebir, 1882; Boer War, 1899-1902.
Enlistment date19 October 1915
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll18 October 1915
Rank on enlistment2nd Corporal
Unit nameTunnelling Company 4, Headquarters 1
AWM Embarkation Roll number16/10/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A69 Warilda on 22 May 1916
Rank from Nominal Roll2nd Corporal
Unit from Nominal Roll4th Tunnelling Company
FateReturned to Australia 17 March 1917
Discharge date14 June 1917
Other details

War service: Western Front

Embarked Sydney, 22 May 1916; disembarked Plymouth, England, 18 July 1916.

Proceeded overseas to France, 15 October 1916.

Admitted to 26th General Hospital, Etaples, 6 December 1916 (debility); transferred to England,13 December 1916, and admitted to Dover Hospital; discharged to No 1 Command Depot, Perham Downs, 16 December 1916.

Marched out to No 2 Command Depot, Weymouth, 20 November 1916.

Commenced return to Australia from Plymouth on board HT 'Beltana' for discharge (senility), 17 February 1917; arrived Sydney, 15 May 1917; discharged (medically unfit), 14 June 1917.

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
Miscellaneous detailsReal age: 69
Date of death1937
SourcesNAA: B2455, PAUL George
Sydney 'Mail', 7 August 1918.

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