
LOADER, George
Service Numbers: | 1142 , 1142, 30 |
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Enlisted: | 1 September 1914, Enlisted at Randwick, NSW |
Last Rank: | Lance Corporal |
Last Unit: | 1st Infantry Brigade Headquarters |
Born: | Hornsby Down, London, England, 1888 |
Home Town: | Portland, Lithgow, New South Wales |
Schooling: | Keetons Road School, Bermondry, England |
Occupation: | Labourer |
Died: | Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 6 August 1915 |
Cemetery: |
Lone Pine Cemetery, ANZAC Plot 11, Row B, Grave 21, Lone Pine Cemetery, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
Biography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of George and Clara Amelia Loader of 60 Hall Road, Newlands, Peckham Rye, England. Brother of Jean Davey nee Loader of Lakemba, NSW
Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Previously served in the Royal Navy for four years
PTE. GEORGE LOADER, who resided for some years at Portland prior to joining the expeditionary forces. He was employed at the cement works, and a was popular with all who knew him. He had seen service in the navy, and was a fine specimen of manhood. He was an Englishman.