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RAWSON, Edward Henry
Personal Details
Service Number: | 29999 |
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Enlisted: | 10 May 1916 |
Last Rank: | Driver |
Last Unit: | 14th Field Artillery Brigade |
Born: | Albany, WA, 1896 |
Home Town: | Hindmarsh, Charles Sturt, South Australia |
Schooling: | Swan State School |
Occupation: | Farm Labourer |
Died: | Killed in Action, Ypres, Belgium, 2 October 1917 |
Cemetery: |
Birr Cross Roads Cemetery IV C 10, Birr Cross Roads Cemetery, Flanders, Belgium |
Memorials: | Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
Service History
World War 1 Service
10 May 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Driver, 29999, Australian Field Artillery - 116th to 120th Howitzer Batteries: AIF | |
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3 Oct 1916: | Involvement Driver, 29999, Australian Field Artillery - 116th to 120th Howitzer Batteries: AIF, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '4' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Aeneas embarkation_ship_number: A60 public_note: '' | |
3 Oct 1916: | Embarked Driver, 29999, Australian Field Artillery - 116th to 120th Howitzer Batteries: AIF, HMAT Aeneas, Melbourne | |
2 Oct 1917: | Involvement Driver, 29999, 14th Field Artillery Brigade , Third Ypres, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 29999 awm_unit: 14 Field Artillery Brigade awm_rank: Driver awm_died_date: 1917-10-02 |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Third of four children born to Edward Rawson (Snr.) and Annie Mason, both of whom were of Aboriginal descent.