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George Clifton THEXTON

Regimental number3399
Place of birthWy Yeang, Victoria
SchoolBairnsdale State School, Victoria
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationLaboure
AddressBairnsdale, Victoria
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation18
Next of kinFather, W B Thexton, Bairnsdale, Victoria
Previous military serviceServed in the Senior Cadets
Enlistment date11 October 1917
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name37th Battalion, 8th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/54/3
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A38 Ulysses on 22 December 1917
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll37th Battalion
Other details from Roll of Honour CircularDied of illness, Lancaster Hospital, England.
FateDied of disease 10 April 1918
Age at death18.10
Age at death from cemetery records18
Place of burialLancaster Cemetery (G. CE. 95), Lancashire
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
129
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: William Bainbridge and Elizabeth Mewes THEXTON, Dalston Road, Oakleigh, Victoria
Family/military connectionsBrothers: 4609 Pte James Winwick THEXTON, 59th Bn, killed in action, France, 19 July 1916; 2434 Pte William George THEXTON, 8th Light Horse, died of illness, Perth Hospital, western Australia, 15 May 1916.

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