George Duchesne

Service number: 10611

Rank: Driver

Unit: ASC

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Source: National Archives of Australia

George Duchesne was born in 1895. His mother Edith lived at Crown Street, Wollongong, but the family had lived in Manly prior to that. He was a newsagent prior to enlisting; he had tried to enlist on previous occasions but had been rejected as being under the minimum height.

He was allowed to enlist on 2 February 1916 with height recorded as 5’ 2¼”. He embarked on the Persic on 30 May 1916. He served as a Driver with the ASC, and was promoted to Lance-Corporal on 2 February 1919. He returned to Australia on the Prinz-Hubertus on 3 July 1919. George’s brother William was killed in the war.