Trooper George Stanley Arthur King

Service number 3110
Ranks Held Private, Trooper
Birth Date 1900-04-04
Birth Place Australia: Queensland, Gympie
Death Date 1917-11-06
Death Place Ottoman Empire: Palestine
Final Rank Trooper
Service Australian Imperial Force
Units
  • Imperial Camel Corps
  • 3rd Australian Camel Battalion
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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Date of birth 04 April 1900
Date of enlistment 16 March 1917
Date of embarkation 09 May 1917
Date of death 06 November 1917
Date of death 06 November 1917
Date of fate 06 November 1917