Tasmanian War Casualties

WW1

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Buckpitt, George Kenny

Born 1885 King Island Tasmania the son of Edward Wheaton and Jane Buckpitt (nee Kenny) a carpenter he embarked Hobart 20^th October 1914 on board “HMAT Geelong” with the 12^th Infantry Battalion.

He died 5^th June 1915 from wounds received on the Gallipoli Peninsula and is commemorated on the Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey.

His brother Pte Charles Thomas Buckpitt was awarded the Military Medal and returned to Australia 14^th November 1918

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