FRENCH, George
| Service Number: | 81 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 3rd Queensland Mounted Infantry |
| Born: | Northampton, England, United Kingdom, 16 May 1879 |
| Home Town: | Bowen Hills, Brisbane, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Died: | Died of wounds, WW1, Flanders, Belgium, 5 October 1917, aged 38 years |
| Cemetery: |
Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery Plot: XX. E. 20. |
| Memorials: |
Boer War Service
| 1 Oct 1899: | Involvement Private, 81, 3rd Queensland Mounted Infantry | |
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| 1 Mar 1900: | Embarked Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 81, 3rd Queensland Mounted Infantry, AWM Boer War Unit Details, Murray p. 463 notes 3rd QMI embarked 1 Mar 1900 aboard Duke of Portland arriving Cape Town 2 Apr 1900. | |
| 21 Jun 1901: | Discharged Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 81, 3rd Queensland Mounted Infantry, AWM Boer War Unit Details, Murray p. 465 notes 3rd QMI embarked 9 May 1901 at Cape Town returning to Australia aboard Morayshire arriving Sydney 7 Jun 1901 (rail to Brisbane), disbanded 21 Jun 1901. |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Claude McKelvey
George French was born George Timothy Frenck on 16 May 1879 in Northampton, England, a son to Timothy French and Sarah French (nee Cooper). He served in the South African (Boer) War as George French and in WW1 as George Timothy French.
First service was as a Private S.N. 81 in the 3rd Queensland Mounted Infantry, Boer War. Following that service he was also part of the Coronation Contingent. Following his return from Boer War service he married Maltilda Ellen King in Queensland on 21 Apr 1909 and they would have a son and daughter. He was a storekeeper at Woodford in Queensland when he enlisted for WW1 in 1915.
His second service was as a Lieutenant in the 26th Infantry Battalion AIF, WW1. His Application for a Commission and enlistment Attestation Paper in 1915 notes his previous Boer War service in the 3rd QMI and Coronation Contingent. He suffered shrapnel wounds to the chest and died on 5 Oct 1917, Flanders, Belgium.
(source- AWM Boer War Nominal Roll, Murray p. 468; Coronation Contingent, The Telegraph (Brisbane), 7 Oct 1902, p.2; National Archives Australia WW1 service record).
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