Edgar Charles LEE

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Service Number:	4849
Enlisted:	18 December 1915, Blackboy Hill, WA
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	48th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Benalla, Victoria, Australia, 1887
Home Town:	Leopold, Greater Geelong, Victoria
Schooling:	Leopold State School, Victoria, Australia
Occupation:	Railways contractor
Died:	Died of wounds post discharge, Geelong, Victoria, Australia, 28 April 1919
Cemetery:	Geelong Eastern Cemetery, Victoria
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

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18 Dec 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4849, 48th Infantry Battalion, Blackboy Hill, WA
1 Apr 1916:	Involvement Private, 4849, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Ulysses embarkation_ship_number: A38 public_note: ''
1 Apr 1916:	Embarked Private, 4849, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), HMAT Ulysses, Fremantle
6 Aug 1916:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 4849, 48th Infantry Battalion, Mouquet Farm, GSW to head (fractured skull). Evacuated to UK, then RTA.
23 Jul 1917:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 4849, 48th Infantry Battalion, RTA 13 February 1917 and discharged as MU (wounds). Later died of his wounds at Geelong on 28 April 1919.
28 Apr 1919:	Involvement Private, 4849, 48th Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 4849 awm_unit: 48 Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1919-04-28

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