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MITCHELL, George Charles Andrew
| Service Number: | 8620 |
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| Enlisted: | 20 September 1915, Adelaide, South Australia |
| Last Rank: | Driver |
| Last Unit: | 6th Field Artillery Brigade |
| Born: | West Croydon, South Australia, 20 September 1897 |
| Home Town: | West Croydon, Charles Sturt, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Blacksmith |
| Died: | Natural causes (heart attack), Daws Road Hospital, South Australia, 17 August 1981, aged 83 years |
| Cemetery: |
Centennial Park Cemetery, South Australia Located at General AE, Path 7, Grave 486 |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 20 Sep 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 8620, Adelaide, South Australia | |
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| 22 Nov 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Driver, 8620, 6th Field Artillery Brigade , Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '4' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Persic embarkation_ship_number: A34 public_note: '' | |
| 22 Nov 1915: | Embarked AIF WW1, Driver, 8620, 6th Field Artillery Brigade , HMAT Persic, Melbourne | |
| 1 Aug 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Driver, 8620, 6th Field Artillery Brigade |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Adelaide Botanic High School
Son of Mr. Peter Mitchell and Mrs. Harriet Jane Bourne. George Charles Andrew Mitchell was a single, 18 year old Blacksmith when he enlisted on the 20th of September 1915. His service number was 8620. George had been serving in 77th Senior Cadets for 4 years prior and 3 months of Citizen Forces.
George embarked two months later, on the HMAT Persic on the 22nd of November 1915 departing from Melbourne, Australia. It is not known where George disembarked but his ship the HMAT A34 Persic traveled to the Mediterranean.
George was not injured during the war and later became a driver.
George remained in the war until he was discharged 4 years later on the 1st of August 1919.
George returned to Adelaide, he married a young woman named Jessie who he had 3 kids with, George sadly passed away on the 17th of August 1981 by a heart attack. George passed away in near his house in Daw Park, Mitcham City.
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