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George Henry DALLAS

Regimental number4258
SchoolGoondiwindi State School, Queensland
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationLabourer
AddressGordon Station via Goondiwindi, Queensland
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation18
Height5' 6"
Weight137 lbs
Next of kinMother, Mrs Catherine Alice Wilson, Goondiwindi PO, Goondiwindi, Queensland
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date13 September 1915
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll18 February 1916
Place of enlistmentToowoomba, Queensland
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name26th Battalion, 10th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/43/3
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Brisbane, Queensland, on board HMAT A73 Commonwealth on 28 March 1916
Rank from Nominal RollLance Corporal
Unit from Nominal Roll49th Battalion
FateDied of wounds 14 June 1918
Age at death from cemetery records20
Place of burialCrouy British Cemetery (Plot II, Row D, Grave No. 5), Crouy-Sur-Somme, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
148
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Catherine Alice and the late George Henry DALLAS, Perkin Street, Roma, Queensland. Native of Goondiwindi, Queensland
Other details

War service: Western Front

Admitted to 1st Australian Dermatological Hospital, Bulford, 27 June 1916; discharged from hospital, 12 August 1916; total period of treatment for venereal disease: 45 days.

Wounded in action (gun shot wound, left shoulder).

Admitted to 1st Australian Dermatological Hospital, Bulford, 28 November 1917; discharged from hospital, 5 April 1918; total period of treatment for venereal disease: 129 days.

Wounded in action (second occasion: gun shot wound, neck), 12 June 1918.

Died of wounds, 14 June 1918.

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNAA: B2455, DALLAS George Henry

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