George Hugh FREEMAN

Service Number:	5240
Enlisted:	20 December 1915, Townsville, Queensland
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	49th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Brandon, Queensland, 5 February 1892
Home Town:	Home Hill, Burdekin, Queensland
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Farm labourer
Died:	Killed in Action, France, 5 September 1916, aged 24 years
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" No known grave, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ayr Great War Honour Roll, Ayr War Memorial, Home Hill Roll of Honour, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France)

World War 1 Service

20 Dec 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 5240, Townsville, Queensland
31 Mar 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 5240, 9th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Star of Victoria embarkation_ship_number: A16 public_note: ''
31 Mar 1916:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 5240, 9th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Star of Victoria, Sydney
13 Jul 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 49th Infantry Battalion
5 Sep 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 5240, 49th Infantry Battalion, Mouquet Farm, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 5240 awm_unit: 49th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1916-09-05

Family background

See Albert Charles Freeman Service Number 1820, for family background.

George was born at Brandon near Ayr Queensland on 05 Feb 1892. He enlisted 20 December 1915, aged 23. He embarked on the Star of Victoria in Sydney on 31 March 1916 and disembarked Port Said 5 May 1916. On 7 June 1916 he embarked on the Huntspill, disembarking Marseilles on 14 June 1916.

On 13 August 1916 he joined 49th Battalion which attacked Moquet Farm, Pozieres on 3 September 1916. He was killed on 5 September 1916, aged 24.

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