WITHERS, George Edward

Service Number –   6847.

Rank –   Private.

Unit / Division –   11th  Battalion.

Enlistment Date –   11  September  1916.

Address on Enlistment –   East  Bunbury,  W. A.

Occupation on Enlistment –   Lumper.

Next of Kin on Enlistment –   Wife-  M .I. Withers  of  Rathmines,  East  Bunbury,  W. A, Father-  Edward  Henry  Withers,  Mother-  Esther  Withers,  both  of  East  Bunbury,  W. A.

 

Religion –   Church  of  England.

Embarkation Details –   From  Fremantle  on  9  November  1916  on  HMAT  A8  “  Argyllshire  “.

KIA / Mortally Wounded –

Date –   6  May  1917.

Place –   France.

Age at Death –    40.

Burial Location / Commemoration Details –   Grvillers  British  Cemetery,  Pas  De  Calais,  France  (  Plot  IV,  Row  A,  Grave  No. 16  ).

Panel Number, Roll of Honour (Australian War Memorial) –   64.