Born in St. Claude, Manitoba George grew up in Charleswood with 8 other siblings. At the start of WWII he was employed as a carpenter. He enlisted in 1942 with the Winnipeg Light Infantry and later that same year he married Jessie Thompson. After training during which he received the rank of acting Sargent. He shipped overseas and became a member of the South Saskatchewan Regiment. He died of wounds from shell fragments Sept. 16th, 1944 while serving in France.