Veteran Story: George Sosar (1892-1951) was born on Thursday Island to Manuel Sosar who was born in central Chile, and Harriet Morris, born in Bowen, the granddaughter of Mary an Aboriginal woman from Monaro, NSW. Sosar volunteered in March 1917 and left behind his wife Ethel May and their two daughters Harriet Lillian and Dorothy. He trained at Rifle Range Camp, Enoggera and was assigned to the 20th Reinforcements for the 26th Battalion. Sosar left Australia in June 1917 but during the voyage he was taken ill and when the ship landed at Cape Town, he was taken ashore and admitted to the Wynberg Military Camp. Described as having epileptic fits, Sosar was suffering from seizures as a result of having contracted bacterial meningitis. Five weeks later Sosar was taken on board HMAS 'Ceramic' and returned home, six months after he enlisted, and medically discharged. George Sosar returned to his family in Bowen, he died in 1951.
