EDWARDS, Joseph Buxton
| Service Number: | 2015 |
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| Enlisted: | 7 July 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 29th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Ballarat West, Victoria, Australia, January 1893 |
| Home Town: | Ballarat, Central Highlands, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Pleasant Street State School, Ballarat, Victoria, Australia |
| Occupation: | Ironmonger |
| Died: | “GSW Forearm (Lft) Compound fractures Humerus, Radius & Ulna” & Exhaustion, Fort Pitt Military Hospital, Chatham, Kent, England , 6 August 1916 |
| Cemetery: |
Fort Pitt Military Cemetery, Kent , England Memorial Reference: 1403. INSCRIPTION - FAITHFUL UNTO DEATH REV. 2. 10 MOTHER |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 7 Jul 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2015, 29th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 18 Feb 1916: | Involvement Private, 2015, 29th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '16' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ballarat embarkation_ship_number: A70 public_note: '' | |
| 18 Feb 1916: | Embarked Private, 2015, 29th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ballarat, Melbourne |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
He was 23 and the son of David Joseph and Sarah Edwards, of 28, Duke St., Ballarat West, Victoria, Australia.
Biography contributed by Stephen Brooks
Joseph Buxton Edwards was born at 28 Duke Street, Ballarat West, Victoria in January, 1893 and attended Pleasant Street State School, Ballarat. He was working as an ironmonger when he enlisted.
Private Joseph Buxton Edwards was wounded in action at Fromelles on 19 or 20 July, 1916. He was admitted to 1st Canadian Casualty Clearing Station on 20 July, 1916 with gunshot wound to upper extremity (slight). Pte Edwards was transferred to No. 7 Ambulance Train then admitted to 3rd Canadian General Hospital at Boulogne, France on 21 July 1916 with shrapnel wounds and fracture of the radius bone. Edwards was invalided to England on Hospital Ship Cambria on 22 July 1916 with gunshot wounds to left arm.
Private Joseph Buxton Edwards was admitted to Fort Pitt Military Hospital, Chatham, England on 23 July 1916. The Hospital report reads “GSW Forearm (Lft) Compound fractures Humerus, Radius & Ulna.” He developed lobar pneumonia in both lungs on 25 July 1916.
Private Edwards died at 2.45 am on 6th August, 1916 at Fort Pitt Military Hospital, Chatham, England from wounds received in action in France and from exhaustion.
Another brother 444 Pte Henry Roy Edwards, 39th Battalion AIF was killed in action 31 January 1917, aged 22.
Biography contributed by Cathy Sedgwick
The summary below was completed by Cathy Sedgwick (OAM) – Facebook “WW1 Australian War Graves in England/UK/Scotland/Ireland”
Joseph Buxton Edwards was born at 28 Duke Street, Ballarat West, Victoria in January, 1893 to parents David Joseph and Sarah Edwards (nee Brannigan).
He enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force (A.I.F.) on 7th July, 1915 as a 22 year old, single, Ironmonger from 28 Duke Street, Ballarat, Victoria.
Private Joseph Buxton Edwards, Service number 2015, embarked from Melbourne on HMAT Ballarat (A70) on 18th February, 1916 with the 8th Infantry Brigade, 29th Infantry Battalion, 3rd Reinforcements & disembarked at Suez on 22nd March, 1916.
He was taken on strength with 3rd Reinforcements, 29th Battalion on 1st April, 1916 at Brighton Beach.
On 16th June, 1916 Private Edwards embarked from Alexandria on Tunisian to join B.E.F. (British Expeditionary Force) and disembarked at Marseilles on 23rd June, 1916.
Private Joseph Buxton Edwards was wounded in action in France on 19 or 20th July, 1916. He was admitted to 1st Canadian Casualty Clearing Station on 20th July, 1916 with gunshot wound to upper extremity (slight). Private Edwards was transferred to No. 7 Ambulance Train then admitted to 3rd Canadian General Hospital at Boulogne, France on 21st July, 1916 with shrapnel wounds & fracture of radius. Private Edwards was invalided to England on Hospital Ship Cambria on 22nd July, 1916 with gunshot wounds to left arm.
He was admitted to Fort Pitt Military Hospital, Chatham, England on 23rd July, 1916. The Hospital report reads “GSW Forearm (Lft) Compound fractures Humerus, Radius & Ulna.” He developed Lobar Pneumonia on both sides on 25th July, 1916.
Private Joseph Buxton Edwards died at 2.45 am on 6th August, 1916 at Fort Pitt Military Hospital, Chatham, England from wounds received in action in France & from exhaustion.
He was buried in Fort Pitt Military Cemetery, Rochester, Kent, England – Plot number 1403 and has a Commonwealth War Graves Commission headstone.
(The above is a summary of my research. The full research can be found by following the link below)
https://ww1austburialsuk.weebly.com/rochester---fort-pitt.html
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