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Name

George Bunting Crilley

Birth Date

1895

Birthplace

Albert Park, Victoria

Service Number

2147

Enlistment Date

8 May 1916

Next of Kin

John H. Crilley
Father

Address at time of Enlistment

Kingsville Street,
Footscray

Occupation

Engineer

Marital Status

Single

Death Date

1 December 1942

Place of Burial

Springvale Crematorium

Citation

“George Bunting Crilley (1895-1942),” Wyndham History, accessed April 23, 2021, http://www.wyndhamhistory.net.au/items/show/2461.
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Title

George Bunting Crilley (1895-1942)

Subject

Crilley, George Bunting

Publisher

Wyndham City Libraries

Date

1916

Contributor

Sandra King

Format

text

Language

eng

Type

Text

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Biographical Text

No.2147  George Bunting Crilley
War Service
George Bunting Crilley enlisted on 8 May 1916 and, after initial training, embarked on HMAT Orsova on 1 August 1916 for England. We was an engineer in the 59th Battalion.  He disembarked in Plymouth on 14 September 1916.  From there he was deployed to France, arriving in Etaples on 16 December 1916.

Over the following year, George was admitted to hospital numerous times due to psoriasis (skin disease) and severe otitis media (middle ear infection).

George returned to Australia on 11 January 1918 and was discharged, medically unfit due to otitis media, on 8 April 1918.

Medals and Entitlements:

  • British War Medal
  • Victory Medal

Bibliography

Ancestry.com

Australian War Memorial
awm.gov.au

National Archives of Australia
naa.gov.au

Trove
trove.nla.gov.au

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