George Thomas BECK

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Service Number:	1081
Enlisted:	Not yet discovered
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	35th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia, date not yet discovered
Home Town:	West Wallsend, Lake Macquarie Shire, New South Wales
Schooling:	Killingworth Public School, New South Wales, Australia
Occupation:	Miner
Died:	Cerebral abscess, At sea (HMAHS Kanowna), 19 February 1919, age not yet discovered
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, West Wallsend Methodist Church Roll of Honour

1 May 1916:	Involvement Private, 1081, 35th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '17' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Benalla embarkation_ship_number: A24 public_note: ''
1 May 1916:	Embarked Private, 1081, 35th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Benalla, Sydney

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Commenced return to Australia on board HS 'Kanowna', 5 January 1919; died at sea of cerebral abscess, 19 February 1919.