Tasmanian War Casualties

WW1

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Bantick, George Henry

Born 20^th May 1897 Fingal Tasmania to George and Harriet Bantick (nee Vincent) who been rejected twice because of a weak heart and being short winded was finally accepted and departed Melbourne 28^th February 1918 on board “HMAT Nestor with the 12^th Infantry Battalion.

He was ill as soon as he arrived in England with measles and bronchitis and finally died from pneumonia 4^th June 1918 in England and was buried 6^th June 1918 in the Sutton Veny (St John) Churchyard, United Kingdom. He was 20 years old.

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