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G E C Handfield

Commemorated at
Given name
George Edward Carey
Family name
Handfield
Service number
2826
Additional information
Gender
Male
Rank (legacy)
Sgt
Unit at embarkation
9/2nd Battalion
Service (legacy)
Army
Conflicts
WW1
Fate
KIA
Veteran Notes/Bio
Fate Died of wounds 21 May 1918
Place of death or wounding Etaples
Age at death from cemetery records 28
Place of burial Ebblinghem Military Cemetery (Plot II, Row C, Grave No. 4), France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,

  Australian War Memorial
32
Miscellaneous information from

  cemetery records
Parents: Mr and Mrs HANDFIELD, Sydney; husband of Mrs HANDFIELD, 1 Bessborough Place, St. George's Square, London, England
Family/military connections Brothers: 2826 Pte Walter Hopetoun HANDFIELD, 2nd Bn, returned to Australia, 31 December 1918; 3265 Pte Paulette HANDFIELD, 45th Bn, killed in action, 7 June 1917.

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