Gershon Shavitzky (SHA2313)

Basic Information

Unique reference:

SHA2313

Other first name:

Girchon, George

Other surname:

Savitsky, Savitt

Gender:

Male

Birth

Date of birth:

9 Adar I 5654 (15 February 1894)

Place of birth:

Palestine

Date arrived in Britain:

1916

Death

Date of death:

1988

Died in combat?:

Place of death:

London

Gershon photographed at Brighton Hospital, 1917 (Jewish Military Museum)

Places

Addresses

Address on attestation form:

Alexandria Egypt (1916)

Address given on discharge:

234 Shaftsbury Avenue London (1918)

Gershon was photographed at Brighton Hospital in 1917 wearing the blue uniform of injured and recovering soldiers. During the fighting, he had received a gun-shot wound to the left shoulder which led to his discharge in 1918. He was treated in a hospital in Boulogne before sent to York Place Military Hospital in Brighton. His discharge notice described him as ‘a honest soldier [and a] hardworking man’.

Military Record

Military service:

Army

Military record no.:

79690

Date enlisted/conscripted:

21 December 1916

Date discharged/death:

01 May 1918

Rank at discharge/death:

Private

Sustained injuries:

Gunshot wound to the shoulder

Invalided out of service:

29 October 1917

Assignments

Regiment:

Zion Mule Corps

Campaigns:

Dardanelles
Following this campaign, volunteered for service in British Army

Regiment:

Royal West Surrey Regiment

Regiment:

20th London Labour Corps

Posting:

France 18/3/1917-4/11/1917

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Gallery

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Employment Card (Jewish Military Musuem)
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Gershon described as 'an honest soldier, hardworking man. Disability due to active service. Gun shot wound' (Jewish Military Museum)
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Discharge Certificate (Jewish Military Museum)
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Discharge papers (Jewish Military Museum)
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War pension card
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Gershon with Zion Mule Corps (Jewish Military Museum)

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