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George Albert LIESCHKE

Regimental number936
Place of birthKapunda, South Australia
Place of birthBelvidere, South Australia
SchoolPublic School, South Australia
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationFarm labourer
AddressAnlaby Estate, Kapunda, South Australia
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation27
Next of kinFrederick Lieschke, Anlaby Estate, Kapunda, South Australia
Enlistment date31 August 1914
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name10th Battalion, D Company
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/27/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Adelaide, South Australia, on board Transport A11 Ascanius on 20 October 1914
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll10th Battalion
Other details from Roll of Honour CircularDied of meningitis.
FateDied of disease 3 May 1915
Place of death or woundingLemnos Island (Aegean Sea)
Age at death28
Age at death from cemetery records28
Place of burialEast Mudros Military Cemetery (Plot I, Row G, Grave No. 121), Lemnos, Greece
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
59
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Commemorated on Anlaby Station, Barossa Valley, Roll of Honour ('Anlaby Employees who enlisted during the War: Pro Rege et Patria'). Parents: Frederick and Elizabeth LIESCHKE, Anlaby, Kapunda, South Australia. Photo: Peter Dennis
Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

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