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George TREBLE

Regimental number1248
Place of birthKingower, Victoria
SchoolState School, Victoria
ReligionRoman Catholic
OccupationBrassfinisher
AddressDunolly PO, Dunolly, Victoria
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation26
Height5' 6.25"
Weight168 lbs
Next of kinFather, A K Treble, Dunolly P O, Dunolly, Victoria
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date14 July 1915
Place of enlistmentMelbourne, Victoria
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name29th Battalion, D Company
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/46/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A11 Ascanius on 10 November 1915
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll29th Battalion
Other details from Roll of Honour CircularKilled going to Bapaume, France.
FateKilled in Action 2 March 1917
Place of death or woundingFrance
Age at death26
Age at death from cemetery records26
Place of burialBancourt British Cemetery (Plot VII, Row E, Grave No. 4), France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
116
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Arthur Richard and Ellen TREBLE, Bromley, Victoria. Native of Kingower
Family/military connectionsBrother: 973 Corporal Arthur Gilbert Treble, 31st Bn, killed in action, Fleurbaix, Fromelles Battle, France, 19 July 1916.
Other details

War service: Egypt, Western Front

Embarked Melbourne, 10 november 1915; diosembarked Suez, 7 December 1915.

Embarked Alexandria to join the British Expeditionary Force, 16 June 1916; disembarked Marseilles, France, 23 June 1916.

Found guilty, 6 July 1916, of being absent from Roll Call: awarded 1 day's Field Punishment No 2.

Killed in action, 2 March 1917.

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNAA: B2455, TREBLE George

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