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George Irwin DORNAN

Regimental number1641
Place of birthBelfast, Ulster, Northern Ireland
Place of birthBelfast, Co Antrim, Ireland
SchoolBelfast, Ireland
Age on arrival in Australia25
ReligionPresbyterian
OccupationGrocer
Address59 McCleary Street, Fremantle, Western Australia
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation30
Height5' 5"
Weight139 lbs
Next of kinMother, Mrs Minnie Dornan, 30 Madrid Street, Belfast, Co Antrim, Ireland
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date13 January 1916
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll12 February 1916
Place of enlistmentPerth, Western Australia
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name44th Battalion, 1st Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/61/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Fremantle, Western Australia, on board HMAT A29 Suevic on 6 June 1916
Rank from Nominal RollLance Corporal
Unit from Nominal Roll44th Battalion
FateKilled in Action 7 April 1918
Place of death or woundingSailly-le-Sec, Somme Sector, France
Age at death33
Age at death from cemetery records33
Place of burialVillers-Bretonneux Military Cemetery (Plot XIII, Row D, Grave No.7), Fouilloy, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
137
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: James and Minnie DORNAN. Born at Belfast, Ireland
Family/military connectionsBrother: 1642 Lance Corporal John DORNAN, 44th Bn, returned to Australia, 17 June 1918.
Other details

War service: Western Front

Embarked, Fremantle, 6 June 1916; disembarked, Plymouth, England, 21 July 1916.

Found Guilty, 24 July 1919, of (1) being absent without leave from 9:30 pm, 21 July 1917, until 6 am, 22 July 1917: awarded 4 days' Field Punishment No. 2; forfeits 5 days' pay.

Taken on strength of 44th Bn, 13 October 1916; proceeded overseas to France via Southampton, 25 November 1916; appointed Lance Corporal, 1 November 1917.

Admitted to 11th Field Ambulance (scabies), 13 March 1918; discharged to duty, 20 March 1918; rejoined Bn from Hospital, 20 March 1918; killed in action, France, 7 April 1918.

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNAA: B2455, DORNAN George Irwin

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