George ALCORN

ALCORN, George

Service Number: 5701
Enlisted: 29 June 1916
Last Rank: Sapper
Last Unit: 2nd Tunnelling Company (inc. 5th Tunnelling Company)
Born: New Gisborne, Victoria, Australia, 1891
Home Town: Merrigum, Greater Shepparton, Victoria
Schooling: New Gisborne State School, Victoria, Australia
Occupation: Farmer
Died: Died of wounds, Belgium, 26 March 1917
Cemetery: Vlamertinghe Military Cemetery
Location: West-Vlaanderen, Belgium Cemetery/memorial reference: (Plot VI, Row D, Grave no.13), Vlamertinghe Military Cemetery, Vlamertinghe, Flanders, Belgium
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Euroa Telegraph Park, Euroa War Memorial, Gisborne War Memorial, Kyabram & District R.S.S. & A.I.L.A. Honour Roll, Merrigum District of Merrigum Roll of Honor, Merrigum War Memorial, New Gisborne Public School No 467 Roll of Honor
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World War 1 Service

29 Jun 1916: Enlisted AIF WW1, Sapper, 5701, Tunnelling Companies
25 Oct 1916: Embarked AIF WW1, Sapper, 5701, 2nd Tunnelling Company (inc. 5th Tunnelling Company), Embarked on HMAT "A38' Ulysses from Melbourne --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '6' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ulysses embarkation_ship_number: A38 public_note: ''
26 Mar 1917: Involvement AIF WW1, Sapper, 5701, 2nd Tunnelling Company (inc. 5th Tunnelling Company), --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 5701 awm_unit: 2nd Australian Tunnelling Company awm_rank: Sapper awm_died_date: 1917-03-26

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