SORELL, Edward Trevor
| Service Number: | 30792 |
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| Enlisted: | 27 September 1916, Claremont, Tas. |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 8th Light Trench Mortar Battery |
| Born: | Hobart, Tas., 20 January 1895 |
| Home Town: | Launceston, Launceston, Tasmania |
| Schooling: | Leslie House School Hobart, Church Grammar School Launceston |
| Occupation: | Bank Clerk |
| Died: | Died of wounds, France, 24 November 1917, aged 22 years |
| Cemetery: |
Etaples Military Cemetery XXX M 25A |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Bank of New South Wales Roll of Honour Book |
World War 1 Service
| 27 Sep 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Gunner, 30792, 25th Field Artillery (Howitzer) Brigade, Claremont, Tas. | |
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| 23 Nov 1916: | Involvement Gunner, 30792, 25th Field Artillery (Howitzer) Brigade, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '4' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Hororata embarkation_ship_number: A20 public_note: '' | |
| 23 Nov 1916: | Embarked Gunner, 30792, 25th Field Artillery (Howitzer) Brigade, HMAT Hororata, Melbourne | |
| 24 Nov 1917: | Involvement Private, 30792, 8th Light Trench Mortar Battery, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 30792 awm_unit: 8th Australian Light Trench Mortar Battery awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1917-11-24 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
EDWARD TREVOR SORELL was born at Hobart, Tasmania, on 20th January, 1895, the son of Mr. Hugh Percy and Mrs. Florence Sorell. He was educated at the Leslie House School, Hobart, and the Church Grammar School, Launceston. Entering the Bank’s service at Devonport on 6th May, 1912, he was transferred to Hobart on 17th October, 1913; to the Inspector’s Department, Head Office, on 1st April, 1915; and to North Sydney on 14th May, 1915.
Edward Trevor Sorell enlisted as a member of the A.I.F. in September, 1916. He took part in many engagements in France, and whilst advancing on the Ypres front in Flanders in September, 1917, he received a number of wounds in the body, the right arm and right eye, and was admitted to hospital, where it was found necessary to amputate his arm and remove his eye. After the operations he appeared to be progressing favourably, but eventually succumbed, and died on 24th November, 1917, at the Australian General Hospital, Etaples. He was buried in the British cemetery there.
Source - Bank of NSW Roll of Honour
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