George Huntingford

Name    George Huntingford

Number    Private 4444

Battalion      59^th 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 59^th 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 3^rd 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