Edward Joseph RADFORD

RADFORD, Edward Joseph

Service Number: 6377
Enlisted: 31 October 1916, Enlisted at Sydney
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 17th Infantry Battalion
Born: Bankstown, New South Wales, Australia, 1890
Home Town: Leichhardt, Leichhardt, New South Wales
Schooling: Stanmore Superior School, Sydney, New South Wales
Occupation: Grocer
Died: Illness-Influenza, Amiens, France, At sea (Indian Ocean onboard HMAT A 36 SS Boonah), 9 December 1918
Cemetery: Villers-Bretonneux Military Cemetery
Plot X111, Row BB, Grave 7 Headstone inscription reads: Nobly he obeyed and nobly he died we miss him more as time this by, Villers-Bretonneux Military Cemetery, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France, Hollybrook Memorial, Southampton, Hampshire, England, United Kingdom
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Leichhardt War Memorial
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World War 1 Service

31 Oct 1916: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 6377, 19th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Sydney
11 Nov 1916: Involvement Private, 6377, 19th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '13' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Suevic embarkation_ship_number: A29 public_note: ''
11 Nov 1916: Embarked Private, 6377, 19th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Suevic, Sydney
1 Aug 1917: Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 17th Infantry Battalion, Transferred from the 19th Battalion to the 17th Battalion
18 Sep 1917: Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 6377, Gunshot wounds to the knee and legs and was invalided to England on 27 September 1917
8 Aug 1918: Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 6377, Wounded 2nd occasion
31 Aug 1918: Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 6377, Wounded 3rd occasion
8 Dec 1918: Involvement Private, 6377, 17th Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 6377 awm_unit: 17th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1918-12-08

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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Son of Joseph Henry and Amelia Radford of 184 Flood Street, Leichhardt, Sydney, NSW

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal