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George Raymond CORDELL

Regimental number2728
Date of birth26 January 1894
Place of birthLefroy, Tasmania
SchoolBeaconsfield State School, Tasmania
ReligionMethodist
OccupationMiner
AddressCrowther Street, Beaconsfield, Tasmania
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation21
Next of kinMother, Mrs K E Cordell, Crowther Street, Beaconsfield, Tasmania
Enlistment date18 June 1915
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll1 July 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name15th Battalion, 8th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/32/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A55 Kyarra on 21 August 1915
Rank from Nominal RollSergeant
Unit from Nominal Roll10th Field Artillery Brigade
FateReturned to Australia 19 February 1919
Miscellaneous information from
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Listed on Beaconsfield State School Roll of Honour ('Esse Quam Videri': To be Be rather than to Seem), Tasmania.
Other details

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

Date of death13 January 1965 - Yallourn, Victoria
Age at death70
Place of burialSpringvale Crematorium, Victoria

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