Edward Whitaker (Ted) LOWNDES

LOWNDES, Edward Whitaker

    Service Number: 80
    Enlisted: 19 August 1914, Enlisted at Morphettville, SA
    Last Rank: Trooper
    Last Unit: 3rd Light Horse Regiment
    Born: Stroud, Gloucestershire, England, 1883
    Home Town: Port Adelaide, Port Adelaide Enfield, South Australia
    Schooling: Cheltenham College, England
    Occupation: Clerk
    Died: Died of wounds, Monash Valley, Gallipoli, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 28 May 1915
    Cemetery: Beach Cemetery - ANZAC Cove
    Plot 1, Row C, Grave 1 Headstone inscriptiton reads: Well done Ted, Beach Cemetery, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey
    Memorials: Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour
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    World War 1 Service

    19 Aug 1914: Enlisted AIF WW1, Corporal, 80, 3rd Light Horse Regiment, Enlisted at Morphettville, SA
    22 Oct 1914: Involvement Corporal, 80, 3rd Light Horse Regiment, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '1' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Port Lincoln embarkation_ship_number: A17 public_note: ''
    22 Oct 1914: Embarked Corporal, 80, 3rd Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Port Lincoln, Adelaide
    28 May 1915: Involvement Trooper, 80, 3rd Light Horse Regiment, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 80 awm_unit: 3rd Australian Light Horse Regiment awm_rank: Trooper awm_died_date: 1915-05-28

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    Biography contributed by Carol Foster

    Address at the time of enlistment was Daily Herald Office, Grenfell Street, Adelaide, SA

    Son of Robert Baxter Lowndes and Marian Lowndes of Stroud, Gloucestshire, England

    Next of kin was given as his sister Eva Lowndes of Huckfield, Sussex, England

    Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

    Also served in the South African Light Horse during the Boer War with the rank of Private

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