Trooper George Stanley Arthur King

Service number 3110
Ranks Held Private, Trooper
Birth Date 04/04/1900
Birth Place Australia: Queensland, Gympie
Death Date 06/11/1917
Death Place Ottoman Empire: Palestine
Final Rank Trooper
Service Australian Imperial Force
Units
  • 3rd Australian Camel Battalion
  • Imperial Camel Corps
Places
Conflict/Operation First World War, 1914-1918
Description

Trooper George Stanley Arthur King (3110, 3rd Battalion, Imperial Camel Corps) was born in Gympie, QLD, on 4 April 1900. He was working as an insurance clerk when he enlisted in March 1916. George was killed in action on 6 November 1917 at Tel-Khuweilfe near Beersheba, Palestine, and is buried in the Beersheba War Cemetery, Beersheba, Israel. He was 17 years 7 months of age at the time of his death.

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Timeline

Date of birth 04/04/1900
Date of death 06/11/1917
Date of fate 06/11/1917
Date of enlistment 16/03/1917
Date of death 06/11/1917
Date of embarkation 09/05/1917