Perkins, George William Herbert

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M.A. : Lieutenant, 36th and 34th Battns., A.I.F., France. Being commissioned second lieutenant 25th May, 1916, from Duntroon O.T. School and sailing 25th November in charge of 36th Battn. reinforcements, reached France in August, 1917. Served at Broodseinde Ridge, Passchendaele and elsewhere until severely gassed at Villers-Bretonneux 18th April, 1918, and evacuated to hospitals at Rouen and Wandsworth and to Australia, arriving 25th October, appointment terminating 2nd June, 1919. A.M.F. : Senior Cadets Officer. Lithgow Scholar.

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1913

Tertiary education at University of Sydney, Camperdown, NSW, Australia 1913
1916

Military service as Lieutenant at France --, France ; Rouelles -A.I.F. Camp- Le Havre, France ; Belgium --, Belgium ; Wingate, England --, United Kingdom 1916
1916

Commissioned 25 May 1916 at Royal Military College [ Duntroon, ACT Australia ]
1922

Tertiary education at University of Sydney, Camperdown, NSW, Australia 1922
1938

Headmaster at Glen Innes -- NSW, Australia 1938
1940

Headmaster at Cessnock -- NSW, Australia 1940
1954

Headmaster at North Sydney -- NSW, Australia 1954
1955

Retired from teaching 1955
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Assistant at Maitland -- NSW, Australia
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Enlisted
1959

Perkins G.W.H. : Death 9 Nov 1959

Gender

Male

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