Edwin Raymond WELSH

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WELSH, Edwin Raymond

Service Number:	2925
Enlisted:	18 August 1915
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	12th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Kempton, Tasmania, Australia, 4 June 1891
Home Town:	Fingal, Break O'Day, Tasmania
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Railway employee
Died:	Died of wounds, France, 24 July 1916, aged 25 years
Cemetery:	Puchevillers British Cemetery, France Plot II, Row A, Grave 41. IN MEMORY OF OUR DEAR SON & BROTHER HE HAS FOUGHT THE GOOD FIGHT
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Launceston Cenotaph

World War 1 Service

18 Aug 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2925, 26th Infantry Battalion
27 Oct 1915:	Involvement Private, 2925, 26th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ulysses embarkation_ship_number: A38 public_note: ''
27 Oct 1915:	Embarked Private, 2925, 26th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ulysses, Melbourne
24 Jul 1916:	Involvement Private, 2925, 12th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 2925 awm_unit: 12th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1916-07-24

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Biography contributed by Stephen Brooks

Edwin was one of four sons of James and Mary Welsh, of Invermay, Launceston, Tasmania who served overseas in the AIF during WW1. A fifth son enlisted in 1918 but was not required overseas due to the Armistice. Edwin's place of association was Fingal, Tasmania.

His brother, 3814 Private James Thomas Welsh 12th Field Ambulance was awarded a Military Medal for bravery when stretcher bearing during 1917. Another brother, 1257 Private George Welsh 15th Battalion AIF, was wounded at the Anzac landing on 25 April 1915 was still serving during 1919.

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