Bert EDGLEY

Bert EDGLEY Update Details

If you confirm that you want to proceed with the update, this record will be locked for editing by all other users until you have finished. You will have 7 days to complete your changes before they will be automatically submitted.

Do you want to proceed?

Other Name:	Edgley, Bertie James - Circular
Service Number:	487
Enlisted:	5 July 1915
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	32nd Infantry Battalion
Born:	Adelaide, South Australia, Australia, 25 March 1895
Home Town:	Adelaide, South Australia
Schooling:	Sisters of Mercy Catholic School, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
Occupation:	Printer
Died:	Killed in Action, France, 19 July 1916, aged 21 years
Cemetery:	Rue-Petillon Military Cemetery, Fleurbaix, Bethune, Nord Pas de Calais Plot I, Row L, Grave No. 44
Memorials:	Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Glandore State Wards & Orphans Honour Roll

5 Jul 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 487
18 Nov 1915:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 487, 32nd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '17' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Geelong embarkation_ship_number: A2 public_note: ''
18 Nov 1915:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 487, 32nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Geelong, Adelaide
19 Jul 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 487, 32nd Infantry Battalion, Fromelles (Fleurbaix)

Help us honour Bert Edgley's service by contributing information, stories, and images so that they can be preserved for future generations.

'High spirited, fond of sport, and popular with his mates. A good son to his invalid father.'

Roll of Honour - Family Circular