George Thomas Hoskins - Lithgow, NSW
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S 33° 29.632 E 150° 07.949
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Private George Thomas Hoskins was killed in action in France on 13 October 1917.
Waymark Code: WMWQJK
Location: New South Wales, Australia
Date Posted: 10/02/2017
Published By:Groundspeak Regular Member MountainWoods
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The Australian War Memorial records that Private George Thomas Hoskins served with the 45th Australian Infantry Battalion during the First World War. He enlisted on 26 December 1916 & died 13 October 1917.

His headstone is worded:

My Dear Son
George Thomas
Killed in Action in France
13th October 1917 aged 29.
Type of Death Listed: Killed by something

Cause of death inscription on headstone: KIA, in France [WW1]

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