SUNNERS, Edwin Charles
| Service Number: | 5414 |
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| Enlisted: | 14 December 1915, Casula, New South Wales |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 20th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Sydney, New South Wales, 1 November 1879 |
| Home Town: | Stanmore, Marrickville, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Boot clicker |
| Died: | Natural causes (emphysema), Sydney, New South Wales, 27 June 1919, aged 39 years |
| Cemetery: |
Rookwood Cemetery & Crematorium C of E Section |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 14 Dec 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 5414, Casula, New South Wales | |
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| 22 Aug 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 5414, 20th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '13' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Wiltshire embarkation_ship_number: A18 public_note: '' | |
| 22 Aug 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 5414, 20th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Wiltshire, Sydney | |
| 29 Oct 1918: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 5414, 20th Infantry Battalion |
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Edwin Charles Sunners was born on 1 November 1879 in Sydney, N.S.W. He was the youngest son of Benjamin Sunners and Eliza Lyons who married in Sydney, in 1862 and had eleven children. His grandfather, Thomas Sunners, Benjamin's father, was transported to Australia as a convict in 1831 on the Camden, arriving in Sydney on 25 July 1831 after a four month voyage. He was 19 years old and transported for 7 years for picking pockets. On arrival he was assigned to Hyde Park Barracks for one month, and then to John Forsyth of George St., Sydney. He applied for permission to marry Mary Williams when he was 24 years old, after serving 5 years as a convict. She had arrived as a free passenger on the Vestal. He was granted a Certificate of Freedom on 26 April 1837.
Edwin enlisted in the A.I.F. on 18 December 1915. He was 36 years old. At the time of his enlistment his occupation was shown as - Boot Clicker. This was one of the skilled and best paid jobs in the shoe industry. A clicker cut out the leather for the different parts that made up the shoe or boot.
He married Olive May Simons in 1915 and embarked for Europe on 22 August 1916.
Edwin served in France with the 5th Machine Gun Battalion during which time he developed Bronchitis and spent time in hospital there before being transferred to England and subsequently returned to Australia for discharge on 21 April 1918. He was shown as suffering from Bronchitis and Emphysema and died on 27 June 1919 in Sydney.