Edward Erskine DILWORTH MC

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DILWORTH, Edward Erskine

Service Number:	171
Enlisted:	21 August 1914, Melbourne, Vic.
Last Rank:	Lieutenant
Last Unit:	2nd Field Company Engineers
Born:	Harcourt, Victoria, Australia, 1892
Home Town:	Harcourt, Mount Alexander, Victoria
Schooling:	Barker's Creek School, Harcourt School, Victoria, Australia
Occupation:	Civil engineer
Died:	Died of wounds, Ebblinghem, France, 6 May 1918
Cemetery:	Ebblinghem Military Cemetery Plot I, Row E, Grave No. 28
Memorials:	Harcourt Methodist Church Sunday School Roll of Honour, Harcourt War Memorial, Ringwood Country Roads Board WW1 Honour Roll

World War 1 Service

21 Aug 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Sapper, 171, 2nd Field Company Engineers, Melbourne, Vic.
21 Oct 1914:	Involvement Sapper, 171, 2nd Field Company Engineers, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '5' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Orvieto embarkation_ship_number: A3 public_note: ''
21 Oct 1914:	Embarked Sapper, 171, 2nd Field Company Engineers, HMAT Orvieto, Melbourne
25 Apr 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Sapper, 171, 2nd Field Company Engineers, ANZAC / Gallipoli
7 Aug 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Sapper, 171, 2nd Field Company Engineers, The August Offensive - Lone Pine, Suvla Bay, Sari Bair, The Nek and Hill 60 - Gallipoli
18 Nov 1915:	Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 2nd Field Company Engineers, Gallipoli
9 Mar 1916:	Promoted AIF WW1, Second Corporal, 2nd Field Company Engineers, Egypt
20 Oct 1916:	Promoted AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, 2nd Field Company Engineers, England
15 Apr 1917:	Involvement AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, 2nd Field Company Engineers, German Withdrawal to Hindenburg Line and Outpost Villages
3 May 1917:	Promoted AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 2nd Field Company Engineers, France
4 May 1917:	Involvement AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 2nd Field Company Engineers, Bullecourt (Second)
20 Sep 1917:	Involvement AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 2nd Field Company Engineers, Menin Road
4 Oct 1917:	Involvement AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 2nd Field Company Engineers, Broodseinde Ridge
20 Nov 1917:	Honoured Military Cross, Menin Road, Conspicuous gallantry, ability and devotion to duty under very heavy fire. (East of Ypres 20 September 1917).
6 May 1918:	Wounded AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 2nd Field Company Engineers, German Spring Offensive 1918, Multiple GSW to head, fractured skull. Transferred to 3rd AFA however died of wounds later the same day.
6 May 1918:	Involvement Lieutenant, 2nd Field Company Engineers, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: awm_unit: 2nd Field Company, Australian Engineers awm_rank: Lieutenant awm_died_date: 1918-05-06

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Biography contributed by Robert Wight

Military Cross citation:

'For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty in constructing a strong point under heavyt fire. He personally reconnoitred his suroundings and captured two of the enemy in a dug out. Later, when heavily shelled, he showed great devotion to duty in getting his men all into safe positions.'

Source: 'Commonwealth Gazette' No. 137
Date: 30 August 1918

Biography contributed by Robert Wight

Wounded 6 May 1918 near Hazebrouck. Transferred to 15th CCS at Ebblinghem, where he died of wounds later the same day.

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