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YATES, George Jackson
Personal Details
| Service Numbers: | 19480 , 19480 |
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| Enlisted: | 14 April 1917, Enlisted at Brisbane, QLD |
| Last Rank: | Sapper |
| Last Unit: | 13th Field Company Engineers |
| Born: | Salford, Lancashire, England, 11 March 1878 |
| Home Town: | Newmarket, Brisbane, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Carpenter |
| Died: | Queensland, Australia, 1 November 1957, aged 79 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
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Service History
World War 1 Service
| 14 Apr 1917: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Sapper, 19480 , Field Company Engineers, Enlisted at Brisbane, QLD | |
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| 31 Oct 1917: | Involvement Sapper, 19480, Field Company Engineers, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '5' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Euripides embarkation_ship_number: A14 public_note: '' | |
| 31 Oct 1917: | Embarked Sapper, 19480, Field Company Engineers, HMAT Euripides, Sydney | |
| 19 Aug 1918: | Transferred AIF WW1, Sapper, 13th Field Company Engineers, From Field Company Engineers | |
| 1 Sep 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Sapper, 19480 , 13th Field Company Engineers, Discharged at the 1st Military District |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of Robert Hughes Yates and Elizabeth Yates nee Jackson of Lancashire, England
Husband of Eleanor Mary Yates nee Hulmes of Mina Parade, Newmarket, QLD.George married Eleanor in the St James Church of England in Salford, Lancashire, England during 1904c
Father of Eleanor Hughes Yates, Robert Hulme Yates, George Herbert Yates and Edward Broadbent Yates
Commenced return to Australia 19 June 1919 aboard HT Miltiades disembarking 9 August 1919
Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal