Edwin George GADSDEN

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Service Number:	880
Enlisted:	14 April 1915
Last Rank:	Sergeant
Last Unit:	4th Machine Gun Company
Born:	Cheltenham, Victoria, Australia, 1894
Home Town:	King Island, Tasmania
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Farm Labourer
Died:	Killed in Action, Belgium, 16 August 1917
Cemetery:	Messines Ridge British Cemetery
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Currie King Island Cenotaph

14 Apr 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 880, 26th Infantry Battalion
29 Jun 1915:	Involvement Private, 880, 26th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Aeneas embarkation_ship_number: A60 public_note: ''
29 Jun 1915:	Embarked Private, 880, 26th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Aeneas, Brisbane
29 Jul 1916:	Wounded AIF WW1, Corporal, 880, 26th Infantry Battalion, Gun shot wound to ear; France.
28 Jun 1917:	Promoted AIF WW1, Sergeant, 4th Machine Gun Company
16 Aug 1917:	Involvement Sergeant, 880, 4th Machine Gun Company, Third Ypres, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 880 awm_unit: 4th Australian Machine Gun Company awm_rank: Sergeant awm_died_date: 1917-08-16

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