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SAUNDERS, George Cook
Personal Details
Service Numbers: | 4308, V382855 |
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Enlisted: | 7 July 1915 |
Last Rank: | Captain |
Last Unit: | Volunteer Defence Corps (VIC) |
Born: | Bendigo, Victoria, Australia, 14 February 1896 |
Home Town: | Golden Square, Greater Bendigo, Victoria |
Schooling: | Golden Square State School No.1189 & Bendigo High School,Victoria, Australia |
Occupation: | Warehouseman/soft goods salesman |
Died: | Colac, Victoria, Australia, 6 March 1968, aged 72 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
Cemetery: |
Colac General Cemetery, Victoria Cremated, ashes deposited Memorial Wall 1, Level 5, Position 10 |
Memorials: |
Service History
World War 1 Service
7 Jul 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4308, 7th Infantry Battalion | |
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29 Dec 1915: | Involvement Private, 4308, 7th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Demosthenes embarkation_ship_number: A64 public_note: '' | |
29 Dec 1915: | Embarked Private, 4308, 7th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Demosthenes, Melbourne | |
29 Mar 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 4308, 7th Infantry Battalion, from Alexandria, Egypt per HMT Transylvania. 4 April, 1916 disembarked Marseilles, France. | |
25 Jul 1916: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 4308, 7th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , Gun Shot Wound, Right Hand, admitted 44th Casualty Clearing Station, forwarded to 2nd Stationary Hospital, Rouen | |
22 Feb 1917: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 4308, 7th Infantry Battalion, Gun Shot Wound, right hand, left arm, admitted 22nd General Hospital, Camiers | |
30 Dec 1917: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 4308, 7th Infantry Battalion, Enemy gas shelling poisoning, admitted to 2nd Casualty Clearing Station, Outhersteene. forwarded by Ambulance Train No.22 to 8th Stationary Hospital, Wimereux | |
22 Jun 1918: | Transferred AIF WW1, 5th Machine Gun Battalion | |
15 May 1919: | Embarked AIF WW1, 4308, 5th Machine Gun Battalion, Embarked Devonport, UK, per S.S. Orontes, and disembarked Melbourne 28 June, 1919. | |
6 Oct 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, 4308, 5th Machine Gun Battalion, 1914/1915 Star, British War and Victory Medals |
World War 2 Service
3 Jun 1942: | Enlisted V382855 | |
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31 Oct 1945: | Discharged Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Captain, V382855, Volunteer Defence Corps (VIC) |
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