YATES, George
Service Number: | 59619 |
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Enlisted: | 10 May 1918 |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | 3rd Infantry Battalion |
Born: | Captains Flat, New South Wales, Australia, 13 November 1898 |
Home Town: | Lithgow, Lithgow, New South Wales |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Ladleman |
Memorials: | Portland District War Memorial |
World War 1 Service
10 May 1918: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 59619, 1st to 15th (NSW) Reinforcements | |
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17 Jul 1918: | Involvement Private, 59619, 1st to 15th (NSW) Reinforcements, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '20' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Borda embarkation_ship_number: A30 public_note: '' | |
17 Jul 1918: | Embarked Private, 59619, 1st to 15th (NSW) Reinforcements, HMAT Borda, Sydney | |
27 Sep 1918: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 3rd Infantry Battalion, At Forvant | |
6 Jun 1919: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, AIF Headquarters, From Reinforcements | |
13 Dec 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 59619, 3rd Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 2nd Military District |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Document dated 20 July 1968 in the National Archives Attestation paper files state that he was also known as William George Yates
Son of Jack Yates of Portland, NSW
Commenced return to Australia on 8 October 1919 aboard HT Devon disembarking on the 27 November 1919
Medal: British War Medal
In 1936 he was residing at a Monash Road, Gladesville, NSW address