KNEEBONE G.C.

KNEEBONE G.C.

Given Names: Geoffrey Carew

Service Number: 2183

Unit: 60th Battalion, 4th reinforcements

Rank: Private

Paybook Number: 60195

Age: 22 Yrs 9 Mths

Occupation: Horticulturist

Marital Status: Single

Religion: Church of England

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION

Height: 5 Ft 6¼ In

Weight: 129 Lbs

Chest: 35-37½ In

Hair: Brown

Eyes: Grey

Complexion: Fair

ENLISTMENT

Date Enlisted: 1/4/1916

Place: Melbourne

Next of Kin: FATHER Frederick Kneebone

27 Packington Street, Kew, Victoria

Embarkation Date: 1/8/1916

Port: Melbourne

Ship: HMAT Orsova A67

END OF WAR

Status: Returned to Australia

Ship: Port Lyttleton

Embarked: 10/6/1919

Disembarked: 5/8/1919

Unit: 59th Battalion

Rank: Private

Discharge Date: 19/9/1919

Place: Melbourne

MEDALS AND AWARDS

14/15 Star: Not earned

British War Medal: 50634

Victory Medal: 49650

Other:

BIRTH

Date or Year: 1893

Place: Hawthorn, Victoria

Father: Frederick Thomas Sydney KNEEBONE

Mother: Constance Browning MASON

MARRIAGE

Year: 1926

Place: Victoria

Spouse: Florence Lucy WALKER

DEATH

Date or Year: 20/9/1983

Place: ,

Burial: Springvale, Victoria

SERVICE RECORD HIGHLIGHTS

Suffered trench feet March 1917

Wounded in action 15/5/1917; gassed

Wounded in action 10/8/1918; gun shot wound

MEMORIALS

Kew State School

Kew War Memorial

Holy Trinity Church

Springvale Walls of Remembrance