Service Details
- Branch of Service
- Army
- Conflict
- World War I (1914-1918)
- Date of Enlistment
- 20/10/1915
- Date of Discharge
- 07/12/1919
- Place of Enlistment
- Sydney NSW
Personal Details
- Gender
- Male
- Place of Birth
- Wilcannia NSW
- Address (at enlistment)
- Duntroon ACT
- Occupation
- Groom
- Next of Kin
- Mary Hayes (mother), Wilcannia NSW
Unit and Rank Details
- Service Number
- 9475
- Final Rank
- Driver
- Final Unit
- Australian Army Service Corps AIF
Notes
George Ray was employed as a groom at the Royal Military College, Duntroon from March 1915 until he enlisted in October 1915 in Sydney, though he is mentioned in the local press as early as 1911 (in connection with the Federal City Cricket Club) and in 1913 as working on the railways. He served with the Australian Army Service Corps in France from June 1916 until transferred to England for treatment for piles in September 1916 and the next year, with measles. He returned to France in May 1918, then back to Australia in October 1919 for discharge.
Description - height 5 feet 7½ inches, weight 150 pounds, chest 37 inches, fair complexion, brown eyes, brown hair, Catholic.
Sources
Ross Howarth, 'Civilians employed at the Royal Military College of Australia, Duntroon, from 1911 to 1931', RMC Duntroon, November 2000
Queanbeyan Age - 14 March 1911, 12 September 1913
NAA RecordSearch - Series B2455 (First Australian Imperial Force Personnel Dossiers, 1914-1920)