George William Seigert (1895 - 1917)

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1. ↑ Birth: South Australia, Australia Births: Birth: South Australia, Australia Births: Surname: SEIGERT Given Names: George William Date of Birth: 19-May-1895 Gender: M Father: George SEIGERT Mother: Amanda HARRIS Birth Residence: Hallett District: Burra Book/Page: 564/441
2. ↑ Service Record: National Archives of Australia: Citation: NAA: B2455, SEIGERT GEORGE WILLIAM Name: SEIGERT George William : Service Number - 6831 : Place of Birth - Hallett SA : Place of Enlistment - Adelaide SA : Next of Kin - (Mother) SEIGERT Amanda
3. ↑ Digital: Service Record: National Archives of Australia: View Digital Copy of Service Record: SEIGERT George William Service Number: 6831 SEIGERT George William : Service Number - 6831 : Place of Birth - Hallett SA : Place of Enlistment: Adelaide SA : Next of Kin - (Mother) SEIGERT Amanda Contents range 1914 - 1920 Series number: B2455 Control symbol: SEIGERT GEORGE WILLIAM Access status: Open Barcode: 8076802
4. ↑ Military Service: University of New South Wales: The AIF Project: Regimental number 6831 Place of birth Hallett, South Australia School Hallett Public School, South Australia Religion Church of England Occupation Grocer assistant Address Hallett, South Australia Marital status Single Age at embarkation 21 Next of kin Mother, Mrs A Seigert, Hallett, South Australia Previous military service Nil Enlistment date 29 September 1916 Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll 29 October 1916 Rank on enlistment Private Unit name 10th Battalion, 22nd Reinforcement AWM Embarkation Roll number 23/27/4 Embarkation details Unit embarked from Adelaide, South Australia, on board HMAT A19 Afric on 7 November 1916 Rank from Nominal Roll Private Unit from Nominal Roll 10th Battalion Fate Killed in Action 21 September 1917 Place of death or wounding Polygon Wood, Belgium Age at death 22.4 Age at death from cemetery records 22 Place of burial No known grave Commemoration details The Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial (Panel 17), Belgium The Menin Gate Memorial (so named because the road led to the town of Menin) was constructed on the site of a gateway in the eastern walls of the old Flemish town of Ypres, Belgium, where hundreds of thousands of allied troops passed on their way to the front, the Ypres salient, the site from April 1915 to the end of the war of some of the fiercest fighting of the war.
   Panel number, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial 60 Miscellaneous information from cemetery records Commemorated on Hallett War Memorial, South Australia. Photo: Peter Dennis. Commemorated in Hallet Cemetery, South Australia. Parents: George (1859-1942; bu. Hallett Cemetery) and Amanda SEIGERT (1868-1940; bu. Hallett Cemetery), Hallett, South Australia Other details War service: Western Front
5. ↑ Virtual War Memorial Australia: SEIGERT, George William: Service Number: 6831 Enlisted: 29 September 1916, Adelaide, South Australia Last Rank: Private Last Unit: 10th Infantry Battalion Born: Hallett, South Australia, 19 May 1895 Home Town: Hallett, Goyder, South Australia Schooling: Hallett Public School Occupation: Grocer's assistant Died: Killed in Action, Belgium, 21 September 1917, aged 22 years Cemetery: Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial No known grave
   Memorials: Australian War Memorial, Roll of Honour, Burra M*, Hallett M*, Menin Gate Memorial (Commonwealth Memorial to the Missing of the Ypres Salient)*, National War Memorial (South Australia)
   World War 1 Service:
   29 Sep 1916: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, SN 6831, Adelaide, South Australia
   7 Nov 1916: Embarked AIF WW1, Private, SN 6831, 10th Infantry Battalion (SA) "The Adelaide Rifles" 3rd Brigade, 1st Division, AIF, HMAT Afric, Adelaide
   7 Nov 1916: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, SN 6831, 10th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1
   21 Sep 1917: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, SN 6831, 10th Infantry Battalion, Menin Road
6. ↑ Memorial: Find a Grave: Private George William Seigert: BIRTH 19 May 1895 Hallett, Goyder Regional Council, South Australia, Australia DEATH 21 Sep 1917 (aged 22) Belgium MEMORIAL SITE:* Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres (Ieper), Arrondissement Ieper, West Flanders (West-Vlaanderen), Belgium * A structure erected in honor of someone whose remains lie elsewhere. PLOT: [www.cwgc.org Commonwealth War Graves] Find A Grave: Memorial #12026225 (Photo added by laurinlaurin espie Added by International Wargraves Photography Project.)

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