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George Hunter FALCONER

Regimental number515
Place of birthSt Helens Tasmania
SchoolDerby State School, Tasmania
ReligionPresbyterian
OccupationButcher
Address270 Charles Street, Launceston, Tasmania
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation19
Next of kinFather, J Falconer, Derby, Tasmania
Previous military serviceServed in 92 Regt, Citizen Forces.
Enlistment date12 September 1914
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name12th Battalion, B 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 RollDriver
Unit from Nominal Roll24th Field Artillery Brigade
Other details from Roll of Honour CircularDied of meningitis.
FateDied of disease 28 January 1917
Place of death or woundingAmiens, France
Age at death22
Place of burialAllonville Communal Cemetery (Row C, Grave No. 9), France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
19
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: John Russell and Janet Martin FALCONER, Derby, Tasmania

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