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Roy GEORGE

Regimental number2178
Place of birthKelvin Grove Queensland
ReligionPresbyterian
OccupationStockman
AddressCare or F R Anning, Cargoom via Pentland, Queensland
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation18
Next of kinSister, Miss Myrtle George, c/o Harding, solicitor, Brisbane, Queensland
Enlistment date6 September 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name5th Light Horse Regiment, 15th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number10/10/4
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A67 Orsova on 11 March 1916
Regimental number from Nominal Roll2176
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll2nd Light Horse Regiment
FateDied of wounds 8 November 1917
Age at death17
Age at death from cemetery records17
Place of burialBeersheba War Cemetery (Row Q, Grave No. 30), Palestine
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
180
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Richard and Jessie GEORGE
Family/military connectionsBrother: William George.MSM

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