LYNCH  G.T.

Given Names:  George Thomas

               

Service Number:  2468

Unit:  24th Battalion, 5th reinforcements                                                                           

Rank:  Private  

Paybook Number:  39552

 

Age:  23 Yrs  11 Mths

Occupation:  Hairdresser                                                                                                

Marital Status:  Single

Religion:  Roman Catholic

 

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION           

Height:  5 Ft  3½ In                  

Weight:  126 Lbs

Chest:  31-33 In

Hair:  Dark Brown

Eyes:  Brown

Complexion:  Fresh

 

ENLISTMENT

Date Enlisted:  3/9/1915

Place:  Melbourne

Next of Kin:  MOTHER  Mrs Henrietta Lynch

88 Cobden Street, Kew, Victoria                                                                                       

Embarkation Date:  29/9/1915

Port:  Melbourne                                       

Ship:  RMS Osterley

 

END OF WAR 

Status:  Returned to Australia

Ship:  City of Poona                                   

Embarked:  28/3/1919                               

Disembarked:  14/5/1919

Unit:  1st Pioneer Battalion                                                                                                            

Rank:  Private

Discharge Date:  6/7/1919                         

Place:  Melbourne

 

MEDALS AND AWARDS

14/15 Star:  17243

British War Medal:  19652

Victory Medal:  19525

Other:   

 

BIRTH

Date or Year:  1891

Place:  Kiewa/Wodonga, Victoria              

Father:  Denis Nolan LYNCH                    

Mother:  Henrietta HACKETT

 

MARRIAGE

Year:  1926     

Place:             

Spouse: Catherine Mary BEHRENDT

 

DEATH

Date or Year: 1948                                 

Place: Fitzroy, Victoria                             

Burial:  Box Hill Cemetery, Victoria

 

SERVICE RECORD HIGHLIGHTS

 

MEMORIALS

Kew War Memorial

Kew RSL

 

WORLD WAR 2 SERVICE

Service Number:                                                    

Date Enlisted:                                                        

Date Discharged: 

 

COMMENTS

 

Kew Rotary