Hij is getrouwd met Mary Elizabeth "Lillie" McGurk.
Zij zijn getrouwd in het jaar 1916 te Australia, hij was toen 24 jaar oud.
There is a story I have copied below of the battle of the 48 battalion which I think George Freeman was killed in. He died on 14th August 1916.
Across the road and along a grass track is Sunken Road Cemetery. Although there are many Canadians buried here there are also 61 Australians, all fatalities of the Pozières–Mouquet Farm fighting between July and September 1916. Among the Australian graves lie 14 soldiers of the 48th Battalion AIF (South Australia and Western Australia).
The battalion lost heavily in the fighting at Pozières, particularly under enemy shell fire on 6–7 August 1916 near the Windmill.
Charles Bean estimated they suffered 598 casualties and the Australian War Memorial’s Roll of Honour records 115 deaths in the unit for the period 5–8 August. Some of the 48th Battalion graves here recall an incident when men being relieved were standing around a battalion cooker in the cold morning air waiting for a cup of tea.
A shell fell in their midst killing 26 and wounding 16. Chaplain William Devine wrote:
If you google Sunken Rd Cemetery you will see pictures and a map, George F Evans is in Contalmaison section. The War Memorial has a picture taken of him a few months prior to his death. http://cas.awm.gov.au/item/P05772.004
George Freeman Evans | ||||||||||||||||||
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Mary Elizabeth "Lillie" McGurk |