Stamp, George

Western FrontAll Campaigns

21 Jan

Written By Renegade Moss

SURNAME

Stamp

NAME

George

PLACE OF BIRTH

Ravenswood, Qld

OCCUPATION

Labourer

PLACE OF ENLISTMENT

Cairns

DATE OF ENLISTMENT

27/05/1916

NEXT OF KIN

(mother) Mrs G Bailey, Mona Farm, Mossman, Qld.

LINK TO DOUGLAS SHIRE

Address Mossman; mother lived in the Mossman district

REGIMENT 1

15th Battalion AIF

REGIMENT 2

Machine Gun

RANK

Private

CAMPAIGN 1

Western Front

OTHER INFORMATION

Embarked on Boonah 21-10-16; 4th Machine Gun Coy. Awarded 14/15/Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal.

STORY OUTLINE

Private George Stamp served from 1916 until 1919 in the field in France as a Machine Gunner. He must have seen a lot of the fighting. He was hospitalised a few times in England and France for such things as mumps, influenza, and scabies.

He returned to Australia 4/08/19 and was discharged 11/09/19. He tried for a pension on the grounds he couldn't work because of nerves and concussion. There was nothing in his medical notes about concussion. George Stamp died in 1962.

SERVICE NO

657