John Henry Freeman, Jr. served with the U.S. Navy during World War I, in keeping with the Freeman's maritime tradition. The following are details of his service record furnished by William M. Freeman, a grand-nephew:
Name: John H. Freeman, Jr.
Serial Number: 151-61-12
Age at enlistment: 19 6/12 years
Residence: Rockland, Maine
Comment: Enrolled: USNRF Rockland, March 22, 1917. Sea 2c 209 days; Sea 242 days; Coxswain 133 days. Served on: USS Georgia May 4, 1917 to Nov. 11, 1918. Inactive duty USS Georgia Navy Yard Boston: July 10, 1919.
Assigned as a receiving ship at Boston, Georgia was called to duty at the entry of the United States into World War I, and commissioned again on 6 April 1917. For the next 18 months, she operated with 3rd Division, Battleship Force, in fleet tactical exercises and merchant crew gunnery training, based in the York River, Virginia. She joined with Cruiser Force Atlantic briefly in September 1918 to escort convoys to meet their eastern escorts, and beginning on 10 December was fitted out as a transport and attached to the Cruiser and Transport Force for the purpose of returning troops of the American Expeditionary Force (AEF) to the United States.
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John Jr. was married, for the second time, to Mary Anderson by a Methodist pastor in April of 1953, with a reception following at the home of his brother, Ronald, & sister-in-law, Gertrude, Freeman at 52 Rawson Avenue, Camden. He died suddenly of a heart attack in 1955 at his Dragon Cement Co. office.
Name: John H. Freeman, Jr.
Serial Number: 151-61-12
Age at enlistment: 19 6/12 years
Residence: Rockland, Maine
Comment: Enrolled: USNRF Rockland, March 22, 1917. Sea 2c 209 days; Sea 242 days; Coxswain 133 days. Served on: USS Georgia May 4, 1917 to Nov. 11, 1918. Inactive duty USS Georgia Navy Yard Boston: July 10, 1919.
Assigned as a receiving ship at Boston, Georgia was called to duty at the entry of the United States into World War I, and commissioned again on 6 April 1917. For the next 18 months, she operated with 3rd Division, Battleship Force, in fleet tactical exercises and merchant crew gunnery training, based in the York River, Virginia. She joined with Cruiser Force Atlantic briefly in September 1918 to escort convoys to meet their eastern escorts, and beginning on 10 December was fitted out as a transport and attached to the Cruiser and Transport Force for the purpose of returning troops of the American Expeditionary Force (AEF) to the United States.
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John Jr. was married, for the second time, to Mary Anderson by a Methodist pastor in April of 1953, with a reception following at the home of his brother, Ronald, & sister-in-law, Gertrude, Freeman at 52 Rawson Avenue, Camden. He died suddenly of a heart attack in 1955 at his Dragon Cement Co. office.
John Henry Freeman, Jr. served with the U.S. Navy during World War I, in keeping with the Freeman's maritime tradition. The following are details of his service record furnished by William M. Freeman, a grand-nephew:
Name: John H. Freeman, Jr.
Serial Number: 151-61-12
Age at enlistment: 19 6/12 years
Residence: Rockland, Maine
Comment: Enrolled: USNRF Rockland, March 22, 1917. Sea 2c 209 days; Sea 242 days; Coxswain 133 days. Served on: USS Georgia May 4, 1917 to Nov. 11, 1918. Inactive duty USS Georgia Navy Yard Boston: July 10, 1919.
Assigned as a receiving ship at Boston, Georgia was called to duty at the entry of the United States into World War I, and commissioned again on 6 April 1917. For the next 18 months, she operated with 3rd Division, Battleship Force, in fleet tactical exercises and merchant crew gunnery training, based in the York River, Virginia. She joined with Cruiser Force Atlantic briefly in September 1918 to escort convoys to meet their eastern escorts, and beginning on 10 December was fitted out as a transport and attached to the Cruiser and Transport Force for the purpose of returning troops of the American Expeditionary Force (AEF) to the United States.
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John Jr. was married, for the second time, to Mary Anderson by a Methodist pastor in April of 1953, with a reception following at the home of his brother, Ronald, & sister-in-law, Gertrude, Freeman at 52 Rawson Avenue, Camden. He died suddenly of a heart attack in 1955 at his Dragon Cement Co. office.
Name: John H. Freeman, Jr.
Serial Number: 151-61-12
Age at enlistment: 19 6/12 years
Residence: Rockland, Maine
Comment: Enrolled: USNRF Rockland, March 22, 1917. Sea 2c 209 days; Sea 242 days; Coxswain 133 days. Served on: USS Georgia May 4, 1917 to Nov. 11, 1918. Inactive duty USS Georgia Navy Yard Boston: July 10, 1919.
Assigned as a receiving ship at Boston, Georgia was called to duty at the entry of the United States into World War I, and commissioned again on 6 April 1917. For the next 18 months, she operated with 3rd Division, Battleship Force, in fleet tactical exercises and merchant crew gunnery training, based in the York River, Virginia. She joined with Cruiser Force Atlantic briefly in September 1918 to escort convoys to meet their eastern escorts, and beginning on 10 December was fitted out as a transport and attached to the Cruiser and Transport Force for the purpose of returning troops of the American Expeditionary Force (AEF) to the United States.
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John Jr. was married, for the second time, to Mary Anderson by a Methodist pastor in April of 1953, with a reception following at the home of his brother, Ronald, & sister-in-law, Gertrude, Freeman at 52 Rawson Avenue, Camden. He died suddenly of a heart attack in 1955 at his Dragon Cement Co. office.
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