ACTON, George William
Service Numbers: | 4729, 4725, N75846 |
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Enlisted: | 17 July 1915, Liverpool |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | 5th Machine Gun Battalion |
Born: | Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 3 October 1896 |
Home Town: | Waverley, Waverley, New South Wales |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Painter |
Died: | Natural causes, Davistown, New South Wales, Australia, 14 September 1977, aged 80 years |
Cemetery: |
Point Clare General Cemetery, New South Wales, Australia Plot-Sect. CE 9 Row 13 Plot 1 |
Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
17 Jul 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 20th Infantry Battalion, Liverpool | |
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9 Aug 1915: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 20th Infantry Battalion, Medically unfit - varicocele. | |
7 Sep 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4729, 3rd Infantry Battalion, Warwick Farm | |
8 Mar 1916: | Embarked Private, 4729, 3rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Star of England, Sydney | |
8 Mar 1916: | Involvement Private, 4729, 3rd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Star of England embarkation_ship_number: A15 public_note: '' | |
20 Apr 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 55th Infantry Battalion | |
22 Oct 1916: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 4729, 55th Infantry Battalion, GSW left hand | |
23 Aug 1917: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 14th Machine Gun Company | |
12 Sep 1917: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 4725, 14th Machine Gun Company, Remained on duty | |
22 Mar 1918: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 5th Machine Gun Battalion | |
31 Mar 1919: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 4729, 5th Machine Gun Battalion, HT Khyber, London for return to Australia - disembarking Sydney 16 May 1919. | |
1 Jul 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 4725, 5th Machine Gun Battalion |
World War 2 Service
4 Jul 1940: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, N75846 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
Spouse-Brenda Daisy Alfreda Acton 1899–1997
Biography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
Address-Paul Street, Waverley, New South Wales.
Next of kin
Father, J B Acton, Waratah, Paul Street, Waverley, New South Wales
Enlistment date-26 July 1915
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll-7 September 1915
Rank on enlistment-Private
Age at embarkation-19
3rd Battalion, 15th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number-23/20/3
Unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A15 Star Of England on 8 March 1916
Rank from Nominal Roll-Private
Unit from Nominal Roll-5th Machine Gun Battalion
Returned to Australia 31 March 1919