Sweetheart brooch : Private W George, 47 Battalion AIF

Sweetheart brooch representing the unit colour patch of 47 Battalion - brown over dark blue circle - with pin clasp back.

2007 Private William George was born at Glasgow, Scotland moving to Australia at the age of 15 years and enlisting with the AIF in November 1915 at the age of 18 years. George embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A70 Ballarat on 18 February 1916 with the 3rd reinforcements of the 31st Battalion. He transferred to the 47th Battalion in Egypt. George embarked from Alexandria, Egypt to Marseilles, France in June 1916. George died of wounds two months later on 10 August 1916 at Pozieres. According to eyewitness accounts, he received a severe stomach wound while in his dug out and was carried to a Dressing Station, where he died later that day. George was buried near the Dressing Station, but his grave was later lost. As he has no known grave, his name is recorded on the Villers Bretonneux Memorial in France.

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