LOCKYER G.F.

Given Names:  George Frederick

Service Number:  5713

Unit:  8th Battalion, 18th reinforcements                                                                           

Rank:  Private  

Paybook Number: 

Age:  18 Yrs   

Occupation:  Grocer                                                                                                      

Marital Status:  Single

Religion:  Presbyterian

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION           

Height:  5 Ft  7½ In                  

Weight:  126 Lbs

Chest:  31-34 In

Hair:  Brown

Eyes:  Brown

Complexion:  Fresh

ENLISTMENT

Date Enlisted:  12/2/1916

Place:  Melbourne

Next of Kin:  FATHER  Robert Lockyer

60 Normanby Road, East Kew, Victoria                                                                             

Embarkation Date:  3/7/1916

Port:  Melbourne                                       

Ship:  HMAT Ayrshire A33

END OF WAR 

Status:  Returned to Australia

Ship:  Kenilworth Castle                             

Embarked:  12/3/1918                               

Disembarked:  22/5/1918

Unit:  8th Battalion                                                                                                                        

Rank:  Private

Discharge Date:  25/6/1918                       

Place:  Melbourne

MEDALS AND AWARDS

14/15 Star: 

British War Medal:  49537

Victory Medal:  48614

Other:   

BIRTH

Date or Year:  1898

Place:  Kew, Victoria                               

Father:  Hiram Robert Horace LOCKYER  

Mother:  Janette Louisa CLAYTON

MARRIAGE

Year:  1927     

Place:             

Spouse: Vera Jessie McGOWAN

DEATH

Date or Year: 1968                                 

Place: Heidelberg, Victoria                      

Burial:  Fawkner Crematorium, Victoria

SERVICE RECORD HIGHLIGHTS

Admitted to hospital 1917 with debility

Wounded in action, gassed

Transhipped at Cape Town to "Field Marshall"

MEMORIALS

Kew War Memorial

West Hawthorn State School

WORLD WAR 2 SERVICE

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