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George Frederick TALBOT

Regimental number499
Date of birth24 November 1895
Place of birthEverton, Evandale, Tasmania
SchoolState School
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationMiner
AddressWaratah, Tasmania
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation19
Next of kinMother, Mrs E C Talbot, West Burnie, Tasmania
Enlistment date19 August 1914
Rank on enlistmentLance Corporal
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
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll12th Battalion
FateDied of wounds 12 April 1917
Place of death or woundingPozieres, Somme Sector, France
Age at death22
Place of burialPozieres British Cemetery (Plot II, Row J, Grave No. 36), Ovillers-La-Boisselle, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
67
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Edward Charles and Harriett TALBOT, West Burnie, Tasmania
Family/military connectionsCousin (1st): 2285 Albert Edward TALBOT, 26th Bn, killed in action, Pozieeres, France, 29 July 1916.
Other detailsSon of Edward Charles and Harriett(nee Gee) Talbot who were married on 7 June 1887

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