~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Cover Portrait Description~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
An informal portrait of three soldiers prior to their departure for overseas service. Identified, left to right, are brothers 136 Sergeant (Sgt) George Philip Slatter, 11th Company Australian Machine Gun Corps and 137 Private (Pte) Alexander Slatter, of the same company and of Maroon, Queensland. Private(#397) Algernon Cook, 41st Battalion is seated holding an unidentified child. Sgt George Slatter died of wounds in France on 29 January 1918, aged 24 years, while his brother Pte Alexander Slatter returned to Australia on 30 January 1918. Pte Cook, a carpenter from Ormiston, Brisbane, was killed in action on 11 June 1917, aged 34 years. Australian War Memorial - Accession Number P10452.003 Place made Australia: Queensland Date made c 1916
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Family Connections~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Parents:--- Son of Johnathon Slatter and Rosina Helene Niebling married 24th December 1883 in
Dugandan Primitive Methodist Church, Queensland.
~~~~~~~Sergeant George Philip SLATTER, Australian Imperial Force, The Great War~~~~~~~~~~~~
Regimental Number:--- 136 accorded to 11th Machine Gun Company.
Born:--- Englesberg, Queensland. Now Kalbar (formerly Engelsburg / Engelsberg) is a rural town and locality in the Scenic Rim Region, Queensland, Australia.
Religion:--- Methodist
Civil employment:---Farmer
Home Address:--- Maroon via Boonah, Queensland
Marital status:--- Single
Home Town:--- Maroon, Queensland
Next of kin:--- Father, Mr Johnathan Slatter, Maroon via Boonah, Queensland.
Attested into AIF:---- 10th February 1916 in Brisbane, Queensland.
Age on enlistment:--- 22 years and 3 months.
Rank on enlistment:--- Private
Unit on enlistment:--- Machine Gun Company 11.
Embarked from:--- Sydney, New South Wales, aboard HMAT A30 Borda on 5th June 1916.
Final Rank:--- Sergeant
Final Unit:---3rd Australian Machine Gun Battalion
Fate:--- Died of wounds on 29th January 1918 in France. Received shell wounds to the back and leg resulting in compound fracture on 28th January 1918.
Final burial:--- Trois-Arbres Cemetery (Plot II, Row D, Grave No. 15), Steenwerck, France
An informal portrait of three soldiers prior to their departure for overseas service. Identified, left to right, are brothers 136 Sergeant (Sgt) George Philip Slatter, 11th Company Australian Machine Gun Corps and 137 Private (Pte) Alexander Slatter, of the same company and of Maroon, Queensland. Private(#397) Algernon Cook, 41st Battalion is seated holding an unidentified child. Sgt George Slatter died of wounds in France on 29 January 1918, aged 24 years, while his brother Pte Alexander Slatter returned to Australia on 30 January 1918. Pte Cook, a carpenter from Ormiston, Brisbane, was killed in action on 11 June 1917, aged 34 years. Australian War Memorial - Accession Number P10452.003 Place made Australia: Queensland Date made c 1916
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Family Connections~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Parents:--- Son of Johnathon Slatter and Rosina Helene Niebling married 24th December 1883 in
Dugandan Primitive Methodist Church, Queensland.
~~~~~~~Sergeant George Philip SLATTER, Australian Imperial Force, The Great War~~~~~~~~~~~~
Regimental Number:--- 136 accorded to 11th Machine Gun Company.
Born:--- Englesberg, Queensland. Now Kalbar (formerly Engelsburg / Engelsberg) is a rural town and locality in the Scenic Rim Region, Queensland, Australia.
Religion:--- Methodist
Civil employment:---Farmer
Home Address:--- Maroon via Boonah, Queensland
Marital status:--- Single
Home Town:--- Maroon, Queensland
Next of kin:--- Father, Mr Johnathan Slatter, Maroon via Boonah, Queensland.
Attested into AIF:---- 10th February 1916 in Brisbane, Queensland.
Age on enlistment:--- 22 years and 3 months.
Rank on enlistment:--- Private
Unit on enlistment:--- Machine Gun Company 11.
Embarked from:--- Sydney, New South Wales, aboard HMAT A30 Borda on 5th June 1916.
Final Rank:--- Sergeant
Final Unit:---3rd Australian Machine Gun Battalion
Fate:--- Died of wounds on 29th January 1918 in France. Received shell wounds to the back and leg resulting in compound fracture on 28th January 1918.
Final burial:--- Trois-Arbres Cemetery (Plot II, Row D, Grave No. 15), Steenwerck, France
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Cover Portrait Description~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
An informal portrait of three soldiers prior to their departure for overseas service. Identified, left to right, are brothers 136 Sergeant (Sgt) George Philip Slatter, 11th Company Australian Machine Gun Corps and 137 Private (Pte) Alexander Slatter, of the same company and of Maroon, Queensland. Private(#397) Algernon Cook, 41st Battalion is seated holding an unidentified child. Sgt George Slatter died of wounds in France on 29 January 1918, aged 24 years, while his brother Pte Alexander Slatter returned to Australia on 30 January 1918. Pte Cook, a carpenter from Ormiston, Brisbane, was killed in action on 11 June 1917, aged 34 years. Australian War Memorial - Accession Number P10452.003 Place made Australia: Queensland Date made c 1916
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Family Connections~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Parents:--- Son of Johnathon Slatter and Rosina Helene Niebling married 24th December 1883 in
Dugandan Primitive Methodist Church, Queensland.
~~~~~~~Sergeant George Philip SLATTER, Australian Imperial Force, The Great War~~~~~~~~~~~~
Regimental Number:--- 136 accorded to 11th Machine Gun Company.
Born:--- Englesberg, Queensland. Now Kalbar (formerly Engelsburg / Engelsberg) is a rural town and locality in the Scenic Rim Region, Queensland, Australia.
Religion:--- Methodist
Civil employment:---Farmer
Home Address:--- Maroon via Boonah, Queensland
Marital status:--- Single
Home Town:--- Maroon, Queensland
Next of kin:--- Father, Mr Johnathan Slatter, Maroon via Boonah, Queensland.
Attested into AIF:---- 10th February 1916 in Brisbane, Queensland.
Age on enlistment:--- 22 years and 3 months.
Rank on enlistment:--- Private
Unit on enlistment:--- Machine Gun Company 11.
Embarked from:--- Sydney, New South Wales, aboard HMAT A30 Borda on 5th June 1916.
Final Rank:--- Sergeant
Final Unit:---3rd Australian Machine Gun Battalion
Fate:--- Died of wounds on 29th January 1918 in France. Received shell wounds to the back and leg resulting in compound fracture on 28th January 1918.
Final burial:--- Trois-Arbres Cemetery (Plot II, Row D, Grave No. 15), Steenwerck, France
An informal portrait of three soldiers prior to their departure for overseas service. Identified, left to right, are brothers 136 Sergeant (Sgt) George Philip Slatter, 11th Company Australian Machine Gun Corps and 137 Private (Pte) Alexander Slatter, of the same company and of Maroon, Queensland. Private(#397) Algernon Cook, 41st Battalion is seated holding an unidentified child. Sgt George Slatter died of wounds in France on 29 January 1918, aged 24 years, while his brother Pte Alexander Slatter returned to Australia on 30 January 1918. Pte Cook, a carpenter from Ormiston, Brisbane, was killed in action on 11 June 1917, aged 34 years. Australian War Memorial - Accession Number P10452.003 Place made Australia: Queensland Date made c 1916
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Family Connections~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Parents:--- Son of Johnathon Slatter and Rosina Helene Niebling married 24th December 1883 in
Dugandan Primitive Methodist Church, Queensland.
~~~~~~~Sergeant George Philip SLATTER, Australian Imperial Force, The Great War~~~~~~~~~~~~
Regimental Number:--- 136 accorded to 11th Machine Gun Company.
Born:--- Englesberg, Queensland. Now Kalbar (formerly Engelsburg / Engelsberg) is a rural town and locality in the Scenic Rim Region, Queensland, Australia.
Religion:--- Methodist
Civil employment:---Farmer
Home Address:--- Maroon via Boonah, Queensland
Marital status:--- Single
Home Town:--- Maroon, Queensland
Next of kin:--- Father, Mr Johnathan Slatter, Maroon via Boonah, Queensland.
Attested into AIF:---- 10th February 1916 in Brisbane, Queensland.
Age on enlistment:--- 22 years and 3 months.
Rank on enlistment:--- Private
Unit on enlistment:--- Machine Gun Company 11.
Embarked from:--- Sydney, New South Wales, aboard HMAT A30 Borda on 5th June 1916.
Final Rank:--- Sergeant
Final Unit:---3rd Australian Machine Gun Battalion
Fate:--- Died of wounds on 29th January 1918 in France. Received shell wounds to the back and leg resulting in compound fracture on 28th January 1918.
Final burial:--- Trois-Arbres Cemetery (Plot II, Row D, Grave No. 15), Steenwerck, France
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