Private George William TOON 1871-1914
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Born
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Stamford, Lincolnshire
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Died
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13 November 1914, Age 43 years
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Regiment
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1st Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment
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Buried/Commemorated
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Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Belgium
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Occupation
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Builder’s Labourer
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Also two of George’s sons Rifleman Charles TOON
died 22 March 1918 and Rifleman Frederick TOON served during WW1
WW1
Service Records (a selection)
Sergeant Cyril Gilbert OLNEY b1895
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Regiment/s
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5th Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment & 4th
Battalion, Dorset Regiment
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Occupation
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Domestic Gardener
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Other
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Sep 1914
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Enlisted
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1915
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Served in Gallipoli, after which he was
invalided to England
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1917-1918
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Promoted to Sergeant with 4th Battalion, Dorset
Regiment and served in the Middle East
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Sapper George Raymond SCOTT b1894
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Regiment
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2nd Divisional Signal Company, Australian Imperial Force
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Occupation
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Telephone Engineer
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Other
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Oct 1914
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Enlisted
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1914-1915
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Served in Gallipoli, then taken ill
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0ct-Nov15
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Transferred to Malta, then England for
hospitalisation, for enteric (intestinal infection) in Birmingham & Abbey
Wood
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Jan 1916
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To France
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Aug-Oct16
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2 months training at Bletchley Park
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Oct-Dec16
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To hospital for scabies via Royal Engineers
Depot, Bearton Road, Hitchin (this depot is situated behind my Great
Grandfather’s one time house and Builder’s Yard)
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Aug-Oct17
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Wounded in action, gunshot wound to knee,
treated at hospitals in England
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Mar 1918
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Treated at field hospital in France for
laryngitis due to gas attack
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Nov1918
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Returned to Melbourne
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