Edgar Stanley ACKLAND MM

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ACKLAND, Edgar Stanley

Service Number:	1176
Enlisted:	10 July 1915
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	8th Light Horse Regiment
Born:	Woorak, Victoria, Australia, 24 September 1894
Home Town:	Woorak, Hindmarsh, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Farm labourer
Died:	Horsham Base Hospital, Victoria, Australia, 14 February 1943, aged 48 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Jung Cemetery, Victoria
Memorials:

World War 1 Service

10 Jul 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1176, 8th Light Horse Regiment
27 Sep 1915:	Involvement Private, 1176, 8th Light Horse Regiment, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '2' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Hororata embarkation_ship_number: A20 public_note: ''
27 Sep 1915:	Embarked Private, 1176, 8th Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Hororata, Melbourne

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Biography contributed by Stephen Brooks

Trooper Edgar Stanley Ackland was awarded the Military Medal for bravery when on the 5 November 1917 he carried a Hotchkiss gun 300 metres over broken ground and opened fire on two enemy gun crews, causing casualties and resulting in the capture of the guns.

His older brother, 5028 Pte. Harold Ackland 6th Battalion AIF was killed in action in Belgium only a week prior, aged 35.

They were the sons of Hugh and Margaret Ackland who spent much of their lives farming in the area of Horsham, Victoria.

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