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SAUNDERS, George
Personal Details
Service Number: | 384 |
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Enlisted: | 22 August 1914, Gympie |
Last Rank: | Sergeant |
Last Unit: | Anzac Provost Corps |
Born: | Gympie, Queensland, Australia, 23 November 1891 |
Home Town: | Gympie, Queensland |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Labourer |
Died: | Natural causes, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 7 July 1961, aged 69 years |
Cemetery: |
Mount Gravatt Cemetery & Crematorium, Brisbane MON-4E-9-634A |
Memorials: |
Service History
World War 1 Service
22 Aug 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 384, 2nd Light Horse Regiment, Gympie | |
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24 Sep 1914: | Involvement Private, 384, 2nd Light Horse Regiment, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '1' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Star of England embarkation_ship_number: A15 public_note: '' | |
24 Sep 1914: | Embarked Private, 384, 2nd Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Star of England, Brisbane | |
12 Apr 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 384, 2nd Light Horse Regiment, ANZAC / Gallipoli | |
15 Sep 1915: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 384, 2nd Light Horse Regiment, ANZAC / Gallipoli, GSW foot | |
10 Mar 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 2nd Divisional Ammunition Column | |
5 Apr 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, Anzac Provost Corps | |
9 Jan 1917: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 384, 1st Light Horse Regiment, Egypt and Palestine - Light Horse and AFC Operations, GSW left ankle | |
16 Feb 1918: | Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, Anzac Provost Corps | |
14 Nov 1918: | Promoted AIF WW1, Sergeant, Anzac Provost Corps | |
31 May 1919: | Embarked AIF WW1, Sergeant, 384, Anzac Provost Corps , HT Hungaria, Suez for return to Australia with wife and child - disembarking Sydney 27 July 1919 then by train to Brisbane, arriving 29 July 1919 | |
27 Sep 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Sergeant, 384, Anzac Provost Corps |
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