FURNEYVALL, Edmund James
| Service Number: | 437 |
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| Enlisted: | 12 July 1915, Brisbane |
| Last Rank: | Driver |
| Last Unit: | 31st Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Mackay, Queensland, Australia, 17 October 1891 |
| Home Town: | Walkerston, Mackay, Queensland |
| Schooling: | State School Cairns, Queensland & Lismore Public School. New South Wales, Australia |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Bronchial Pneumonia, France, 23 November 1918, aged 27 years |
| Cemetery: |
Abbeville Communal Cemetery Extension Plot V, Row D, Grave 46 , Abbeville Communal Cemetery Extension, Abbeville, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Mackay Cenotaph, Mackay Old Town Hall Honour Roll, McLeans Ridges Public School and District Roll of Honor, Walkerston Honour Board |
World War 1 Service
| 12 Jul 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 437, 31st Infantry Battalion, Brisbane | |
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| 9 Nov 1915: | Involvement Private, 437, 31st Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '16' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Wandilla embarkation_ship_number: A62 public_note: Surname incorrectly spelt at Furneywall on original record | |
| 9 Nov 1915: | Embarked Private, 437, 31st Infantry Battalion, HMAT Wandilla, Melbourne | |
| 28 Jan 1917: | Promoted AIF WW1, Driver, 31st Infantry Battalion | |
| 23 Nov 1918: | Involvement Driver, 437, 31st Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 437 awm_unit: 31st Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Driver awm_died_date: 1918-11-23 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Elizabeth Allen
Edmund James FURNEYVALL was born on 17th October, 1891 in Mackay, Queensland
His parents were Charles FURNEYVALL & Annie HARDY
Headstone inscription reads: In memory of the dearly loved brother of Maud Pascoe of Mackay
FURNEYVALL. — In loving memory of my dear brother, Driver E. J. (Jim) Furneyvall, who died of broncho-pneumonia at Abbeville Hospital, France, on November 23, 1918. They laid my brother down to rest In the flag, with a Southern Cross. And I mourn for him as one of the best. For his death was mine and Australia's loss. (Inserted by his loving sister, Mrs. W. Pascoe, Walkerston.)
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