Edward Henry RAWSON

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Service Number:	29999
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

10 May 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Driver, 29999, Australian Field Artillery - 116th to 120th Howitzer Batteries: AIF
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

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Third of four children born to Edward Rawson (Snr.) and Annie Mason, both of whom were of Aboriginal descent.