TOOGOOD, Edward Herbert
| Service Number: | 1435 |
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| Enlisted: | 14 November 1914, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 7th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Bairnsdale, Victoria, Australia, 1894 |
| Home Town: | Bairnsdale, East Gippsland, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Public Schools |
| Occupation: | Farm Labourer |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 8 May 1915 |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Helles Memorial, Cape Helles, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey Panel 51 in the Commemorative Area at the Australian War Memorial |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Helles Memorial, Gallipoli |
World War 1 Service
| 14 Nov 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1435, 7th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria | |
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| 2 Feb 1915: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 1435, 7th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Clan McGillivray embarkation_ship_number: A46 public_note: '' | |
| 25 Apr 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1435, 7th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Birth name registered as Edward Herbert Toogood, number 2625
Son of Henry Toogood and Jemima Toogood nee Craker. Brother of Ellen Toogood, Athur James Toogood, Walter George Toogood, Charles Garnet Toogood, Thomas William Toogood and Ruby Robina Toogood
Husband of E Toogood of 18 Gurner Street, St Kilda, Victoria but was not traceable
Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal to his brother Thomas William Toogood
Biography contributed by Chris Buckley
Edward Herbert was the sixth of ten children of Henry (AKA Harry) Toogood (born in 1863 in Stratford, Victoria) and Jemima Craker (born 1867 in Omeo, Gippsland, Victoria). Father Henry was a Labourer and in 1909 had a Warrant issued for his arrest in Maffra, Sale, Victoria for failure to pay support for his wife and children. Henry drowned in 1913 in Corangamite, Victoria. Jemima had been living in Broken Hill, NSW in 1912, and died in Walhalla, Victoria in 1918.
Edward was 12 years of age when he was Arrested with younger brother Walter for absconding from service as Farm Labourers with Farmer Isabel Barker at St Midas near Miner's Rest in Bairnsdale, Victoria. In 1913, Edward was living in St Kilda, Melbourne, Victoria and working as a Farm Labourer.
He put his age up by 2 years in order to enlist in the AIF in 1914, and served as a Private (Service No: 1435) with the 7th Australian Infantry Battalion 2nd Reinforcements C Coy. Edward was killed in 1915 in Belgium.
Family members had little or no contact with each other, and it was not until 1921 that Edward's oldest brother Thomas William was located
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