George Huntingford
Name George Huntingford
Number Private 4444
Battalion 59th Battalion
Place of Birth Leongatha
Next of Kin Mrs. Julia Huntingford of the Post Office Leongatha
Date and place of enlistment Leongatha 31/1/1916
Physical details on enlistment Age 20 years 6, months,
5’5 ½ ”, 10 stone, grey eyes and brown hair
Religion Church of England
Occupation Farmer
Date and place of death
Killed in action 8/8/1918 at Hazabrouk
Location of grave or memorial
He was buried in a cemetery 2500 yards from Hazabrouk and later re buried at Heath Cemetery
Relationship to Woorayl Shire
He came from Leongatha
Military History
- 31/1/16 He enlisted in Leongatha
- 29/3/16 He embarked Melbourne on HMAT Orontes
- 25/5/16 He had dysentery in he Canal Zone
- 27/5/16 He was in the AGH Heliopolis
- 21/6/16e He embarked Alexandria
- 30/6/16 He disembarked Marseilles
- 22/7/16 He was in Etaples
- 28/7/16 He went to the 59th Battalion
- 16/8/16 He went to a grenade course
- 16/12/16 He was sick with trench feet
- 27/12/16 He went to England with trench feet
- 15/1/17 He was at the 3rd Southern General Hospital Oxford
- 13/4/17 He returned to his unit
- 12/ 5/17 In France he was ill with an abscess on the groin
- 27/7/17 He had measles
- 28/9/17 He rejoined battalion
- 22/2/18 He had a furlough in England
- 15/3/18 He rejoined his unit
- 8/8/18 He was killed in action and buried in a cemetery 2500 yards from Hazabrouk
- Re buried at Heath Cemetery
- His father G S Huntingford received the medals
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