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DOWN, George
Personal Details
Service Number: | 676 |
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Enlisted: | 25 August 1916, Brisbane, Queensland |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | 42nd Infantry Battalion |
Born: | Bowen Hills, Queensland, Australia, 1897 |
Home Town: | Bowen Hills, Brisbane, Queensland |
Schooling: | Brisbane Boys' Grammar School, Queensland, Australia |
Occupation: | Articled clerk |
Died: | Died of wounds, France, 12 February 1918 |
Cemetery: |
Bailleul Communal Cemetery Extension, Nord Bailleul Communal Cemetery Extension (Nord), Lille, Nord Pas de Calais, France |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Brisbane 42nd Infantry Battalion AIF Roll of Honour, Brisbane Grammar School Memorial Library WW1 Honour Board 1 |
Service History
World War 1 Service
25 Aug 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 676, Brisbane, Queensland | |
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21 Jun 1917: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 676, 12th Machine Gun Company, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '21' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Suevic embarkation_ship_number: A29 public_note: '' | |
21 Jun 1917: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 676, 12th Machine Gun Company, HMAT Suevic, Melbourne | |
10 Feb 1918: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 676, 42nd Infantry Battalion, Shell wound (left shoulder, arm and head) | |
12 Feb 1918: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 676, 42nd Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 676 awm_unit: 42nd Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1918-02-12 |
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