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George Herbert HUTCHINSON

Regimental number450
Place of birthHobart, Tasmania
ReligionProtestant
OccupationMiner
AddressVictoria Hotel, Zeehan, Tasmania
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation26
Height5' 6.5"
Weight158 lbs
Next of kinFather, Henry Frederick Hutchinson, Elizabeth Street, Hobart, Tasmania
Previous military serviceMember, Zeehan Rifle Club
Enlistment date19 August 1914
Place of enlistmentPontville, Tasmania
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name12th Battalion, D Company
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/29/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Hobart, Tasmania, on board Transport A2 Geelong on 20 October 1914
Regimental number from Nominal Roll490
Rank from Nominal RollDriver
Unit from Nominal Roll3rd Field Company Engineers
FateReturned to Australia 8 October 1918
Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli, Western Front

Embarked Alexandria to join the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, Gallipoli, 2 May 1915.

Transferred to 3rd Field Company Engineers as Sapper, and allotted Regimental No 490, 6 August 1915.

Admitted to 1st Australian Casualty Clearing Station, 15 September 1915 (debility), and transferred to Hospital Ship; admitted to No 2 Australian General Hospital, Helipolis, 19 September 1915 (injury to back); transferred to Auxiliary Convalescent Depot (date not recorded); discharged to duty, 27 October 1915.

Proceeded to rejoin unit, Gallipoli, 13 November 1915.

Admitted to 16th Stationary Hospital, Mudros, 25 November 1915; reported to Anzac Base, Mudros, from Rest Camp, 6 December 1915.

Rejoined unit at sea on HT 'Caledonian', 23 December 1915.

Disembarked Alexandria, 27 December 1915 (general Gallipoli evacuation).

Admitted to Hospital, Tel el Kebir, 29 December 1915 (venereal disease); discharged, 3 January 1916; total period of treatment for venereal disease: 6 days.

Rejoined unit, Serapeum, 6 March 1916.

Embarked Alexandria to join the British Expeditionary Force, 27 March 1916; disembarked Marseilles, France, 3 April 1916.

Remustered as Driver, 15 July 1916.

Commenced return to Australia from Taranto, Italy, on board HT 'Port Sydney', 8 October 1918; disembarked Melbourne, 2 December 1918, for onward travel to Tasmania; discharged (termination of period of enlistment), 31 March 1919.

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNAA: B2455, HUTCHINSON George Herbert

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