THORNTON  G.

Given Names:  George Alfred Rupert

               

Service Number:  158

Unit:  Hospital & Convalescent Home                                                                               

Rank:  Private  

Paybook Number: 

 

Age:  20 Yrs   

Occupation:  Clerk                                                                                                         

Marital Status:  Single

Religion:  Methodist

 

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION           

Height:  5 Ft  10¼ In                

Weight:  155 Lbs

Chest:  35½-39 In

Hair:  Fair

Eyes:  Grey

Complexion:  Fresh

 

ENLISTMENT

Date Enlisted:  6/5/1915

Place:  Melbourne

Next of Kin:  MOTHER  Mrs Elizabeth Thornton

13 Queen Street, Kew, Victoria                                                                                        

Embarkation Date:  25/6/1915

Port:  Fremantle                                        

Ship:  HMAT Wandilla A62

 

END OF WAR 

Status:  Returned to Australia

Ship:  Nestor   

Embarked:  20/5/1919                               

Disembarked:  2/7/1919

Unit:  5th Field Ambulance                                                                                                            

Rank:  Private

Discharge Date:  24/8/1919                       

Place:  Melbourne

 

MEDALS AND AWARDS

14/15 Star:  15079

British War Medal:  13908

Victory Medal:  13870

Other:   

 

BIRTH

Date or Year:  18/10/1894

Place:  Kew, Victoria                               

Father:  William James THORNTON         

Mother:  Elizabeth Rose WATSON

 

MARRIAGE

Year:  1920     

Place:  Victoria

Spouse: Hilda Louisa FREEMAN

 

DEATH

Date or Year: 1967                                 

Place: Melbourne, Victoria                       

Burial:  ,

 

SERVICE RECORD HIGHLIGHTS

WW1 file was amalgamated with WW2 file V831616

 

MEMORIALS

Kew State School

Kew War Memorial

 

WORLD WAR 2 SERVICE

Service Number:  V83161                                       

Date Enlisted:  8/3/1940                                          

Date Discharged:  26/10/1943

 

COMMENTS

FURTHER INFORMATION

 

Kew Rotary