George Edward John Seers

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George Seers, 1916. Image courtesy Discovering Anzacs https://discoveringanzacs.naa.gov.au/browse/person/309846

SEERS, George Edward John

Service no: 3225 [1]

Place of birth: Orange, 20 April 1891

Address: East Orange

Occupation: Draper

Next of kin: Thomas Seers (father), Valetta, McLachlan Street, East Orange

Date of enlistment: 15 August 1916

Place of enlistment: Dubbo

Age at enlistment: 25

Fate: Proceeded to Dubbo Camp 15 August 1916. Transferred to Liverpool camp 25 August 1916. Embarked HMAT A72 Beltana, Sydney, 25 November 1916. Marched in to 12th Training Battalion No 4 Camp, Codford, 30 January 1917. Embarked Folkestone for France 28 March 1917. Appointed Lance Corporal 11 August 1917. Attached for duty at Australian Army Base Post Office, Mount Pleasant, London, whilst on leave from France, 21 January 1918. Rejoined battalion, France, 18 February 1918. Reported missing in action, France, 5 April 1918. Reported to have been killed in action, Dernancourt, France, 5 April 1918 following a Court of Enquiry dated 6 November 1918.

Date of death: 5 April 1918