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WHEELER, Edwin
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 6582 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Gunner |
| Last Unit: | 4th Field Artillery Brigade |
| Born: | Belfast, Ireland, date not yet discovered |
| Home Town: | Not yet discovered |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Artesian well-borer |
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Service History
World War 1 Service
| 18 Nov 1915: | Involvement Gunner, 6582, 4th Field Artillery Brigade, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '3' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Wiltshire embarkation_ship_number: A18 public_note: '' | |
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| 18 Nov 1915: | Embarked Gunner, 6582, 4th Field Artillery Brigade, HMAT Wiltshire, Melbourne |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
Field Artillery Brigade 4, Battery 11
Gunner Wheeler was the son of Mrs E Wheeler, Pennox Vale, Belfast, Ireland.
Enlistment date-24 August 1915
AWM Embarkation Roll number-13/32/1
Unit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A18 Wiltshire on 18 November 1915
Returned to Australia 4 May 1917
He was a member of an Irish family whose many sons served in the Great War. They are commemorated on the Wheeler Roll of Honour maintained in Rathmullan House, Rathmullan, County Donegal.
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