Edward VOISEY

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Service Number:	5640
Enlisted:	26 April 1916, Enlisted at West Maitland, NSW
Last Rank:	Sapper
Last Unit:	2nd Tunnelling Company (inc. 5th Tunnelling Company)
Born:	Warrnambool, Victoria, Australia, 22 August 1865
Home Town:	Auburn, Auburn, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Watchmaker
Died:	Ballarat, Victoria, Australia , 11 June 1948, aged 82 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Ballarat New Cemetery and Crematorium, Victoria Pensioner Block, Section 3, Row 2, Grave 41
Memorials:	Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial

26 Apr 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Sapper, 5640, Tunnelling Companies, Enlisted at West Maitland, NSW
25 Oct 1916:	Embarked Sapper, 5640, Tunnelling Companies, HMAT Ulysses, Melbourne
25 Oct 1916:	Involvement Sapper, 5640, Tunnelling Companies, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '6' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ulysses embarkation_ship_number: A38 public_note: ''
19 Apr 1917:	Transferred AIF WW1, Sapper, 2nd Tunnelling Company (inc. 5th Tunnelling Company), From Tunnelling Companies
10 Jul 1917:	Imprisoned Captured at Neiuport on 10 July 1917 and interned at Dulmen, Germany.
29 Jun 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Sapper, 5640, 2nd Tunnelling Company (inc. 5th Tunnelling Company), Discharged at the 3rd Military District
Date unknown:	Embarked Sapper, 5640, Tunnelling Companies
Date unknown:	Involvement Sapper, 5640, Tunnelling Companies, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '6' embarkation_place: '' embarkation_ship: '' embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: ''

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Residential address prior to enlisting was Harrow Road, Auburn, NSW and lowered his age by about ten years.

Son of Charles Voisey and Isabella Voisey nee Duncan of Warrnambool, Victoria.

Next of kin given as his brother Frederick Voisey of Wingham, NSW

Commenced return to Australia on 31 March 1919 aboard HT Khyber as invalid disembarking on 12 May 1919

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal