HULL, George
Service Number: | 294 |
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Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | 3rd Queensland Mounted Infantry |
Born: | Dunach, Victoria, Australia, 26 January 1869 |
Home Town: | Mount Morgan, Rockhampton, Queensland |
Schooling: | Dunach State School, Victoria, Australia |
Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
Died: | Enteric Fever, Pretoria, South Africa, 6 January 1901, aged 31 years |
Cemetery: |
Church Street Cemetery, Pretoria, South Africa |
Memorials: | Anzac Square Boer War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Talbot Trooper George Hull Memorial Plaque |
Boer War Service
1 Oct 1899: | Involvement Private, 294, 3rd Queensland Mounted Infantry | |
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6 Jan 1901: | Involvement Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 294, 3rd Queensland Mounted Infantry |
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"...294 Private George Walter Hull. Originally from Dunach, Victoria, while in Queensland Hull enlisted with the Third Contingent, Queensland Mounted Infantry, which sailed from Brisbane for Cape Town on 1 March 1900. After taking part in several battles, including Mafeking, Pte Hull died of enteric fever in Pretoria on 6 January 1901. He is commemorated on memorials in Brisbane and Ballarat." - SOURCE (www.awm.gov.au)