George Redman FEATHERSTONE

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FEATHERSTONE, George Redman

Service Number:	440
Enlisted:	2 May 1916
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	24th Machine Gun Company
Born:	Sussex, England, September 1890
Home Town:	Mitcham, Whitehorse, Victoria
Schooling:	Holy Trinity Public School, England
Occupation:	Chauffeur and mechanic
Died:	Killed in Action, Belgium, 19 October 1917
Cemetery:	Bedford House Cemetery, Flanders, Belgium Plot XVI, Row D, Grave No. 6 INSCRIPTION I KNOW THAT MY REDEEMER LIVETH
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Mitcham War Memorial

2 May 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 440, 1st ANZAC Cyclist Battalion
26 Jun 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 1st Infantry Battalion
22 Aug 1916:	Involvement Private, 440, 1st ANZAC Cyclist Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '3' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Wiltshire embarkation_ship_number: A18 public_note: ''
22 Aug 1916:	Embarked Private, 440, 1st ANZAC Cyclist Battalion, HMAT Wiltshire, Sydney
20 Jul 1917:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, Machine Gun Companies and Battalions
17 Oct 1917:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 24th Machine Gun Company
19 Oct 1917:	Involvement Private, 440, 24th Machine Gun Company, Third Ypres, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 440 awm_unit: 24th Australian Machine Gun Company awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1917-10-19

Biography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon

24th Coy. Australian Machine Gun Corps

He was 27 and the son of William Frederick and Emily Elizabeth Featherstone, of "Redmayne," White Horse Rd., Mitcham, Victoria, Australia.

Birth record not found-he may have been born in Hastings, Sussex or at Shoreham near Brighton, Sussex, England.

Age on arrival in Australia 23.

Enlistment date 23 May 1916.

Address-Redmayne, White Horse Road, Mitcham, Victoria
Age at embarkation-25.

Unit name
Anzac Cyclist Battalion, Reinforcement 3
AWM Embarkation Roll number 12/1/3

Unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A18 Wiltshire on 22 August 1916
Unit from Nominal Roll-24th Machine Gun Company.

He is remembered on the Hastings War Memorial.

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