GEE, Edward
| Service Number: | 1193 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 19th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Hyde, Cheshire, England, February 1896 |
| Home Town: | Coledale, Wollongong, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Miner |
| Died: | Died of wounds, France, 8 May 1917 |
| Cemetery: |
Grevillers British Cemetery Plot IV, Row C, Grave No. 12, Grevillers British Cemetery, Grevillers, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 25 Jun 1915: | Involvement Private, 1193, 19th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '13' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ceramic embarkation_ship_number: A40 public_note: '' | |
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| 25 Jun 1915: | Embarked Private, 1193, 19th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ceramic, Melbourne | |
| 22 Aug 1916: | Involvement Private, 1193, 19th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '13' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Wiltshire embarkation_ship_number: A18 public_note: '' | |
| 22 Aug 1916: | Embarked Private, 1193, 19th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Wiltshire, Sydney |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
Births Mar 1896 Gee Edward Ashton 8d 463
Enlistment date 22 February 1915.
Embarkation details are unclear.
Unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT Ceramic on 25 June 1915..
Unit embarked from Sydney for Plymouth per the H.M.A.T "Wiltshire," on 22nd of August 1916.
He proceeded to Etaples in France on 28th of November 1916. He was detached with the 180th Tunnelling Company, when he was hospitalised for diphtheria in February 1917. He rejoined his battalion on 8th of March 1917. He received gun shot wounds in battle on the 3rd of May 1917.
He was the son of Frank and Levina Gee and the brother of Frank Gee.