MARSH  G.

Given Names:  Geoffrey

               

Service Number:  3091

Unit:  6th Battalion, 10th reinforcements                                                                           

Rank:  Private  

Paybook Number: 

 

Age:  18 Yrs   

Occupation:  Signaller                                                                                                    

Marital Status:  Single

Religion:  Church of England

 

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION           

Height:  5 Ft  6½ In                  

Weight:  145 Lbs

Chest:  33½-35 In

Hair:  Dark Brown

Eyes:  Brown

Complexion:  Sallow

 

ENLISTMENT

Date Enlisted:  10/7/1915

Place:  Melbourne

Next of Kin:  MOTHER  Mrs Alice Marsh

205 Brougham Street, Kew, Victoria                                                                                 

Embarkation Date:  29/9/1915

Port:  Melbourne                                       

Ship:  RMS Osterley

 

END OF WAR 

Status:  Returned to Australia

Ship:  Port Sydney                                    

Embarked:  24/6/1916                               

Disembarked: 

Unit:  6th Battalion                                                                                                                        

Rank: 

Discharge Date:  4/9/1916                         

Place:  Melbourne

 

MEDALS AND AWARDS

14/15 Star:  4066

British War Medal:  20114

Victory Medal:  19984

Other:   

 

BIRTH

Date or Year:  1897

Place:  Grantville, Victoria                        

Father:  John Samson MARSH                

Mother:  Alice Maud NOWELL

 

MARRIAGE

Year:  1921     

Place:             

Spouse: Ellen Maria PATON

 

DEATH

Date or Year: 17/8/1965                          

Place: Heidelberg, Victoria                      

Burial:  Springvale, Victoria

 

SERVICE RECORD HIGHLIGHTS

Suffered Enteric Fever and debility

Enlisted also 34104 on 17/10/1916; discharged 25/7/1918

 

MEMORIALS

Kew War Memorial

Holy Trinity Church

 

WORLD WAR 2 SERVICE

Service Number:                                                    

Date Enlisted:                                                        

Date Discharged: 

 

COMMENTS

FURTHER INFORMATION

 

Kew Rotary