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BRITTAIN, Edward Victor Coxon
Personal Details
Service Number: | 3024 |
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Enlisted: | 10 August 1915 |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | 4th Infantry Battalion |
Born: | Numurkah, Victoria, Australia, 1893 |
Home Town: | Numurkah, Moira, Victoria |
Schooling: | Numurkah State School No 2134 |
Occupation: | Ironmoulder |
Died: | Killed in Action, France, 17 August 1916 |
Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Numurkah Anglican Church Roll of Honor, Numurkah State School No 2134 Roll of Honour, Numurkah Town Hall Shire of Numurkah Roll of Honor, Numurkah and District War Memorial |
Service History
World War 1 Service
10 Aug 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3024, 19th Infantry Battalion | |
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20 Dec 1915: | Involvement Private, 3024, 19th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '13' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Suevic embarkation_ship_number: A29 public_note: '' | |
20 Dec 1915: | Embarked Private, 3024, 19th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Suevic, Sydney | |
14 Feb 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 4th Infantry Battalion |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Elizabeth Allen
Edward Victor Coxon BRITTAIN was born in Nurmukah, Victoria in 1893
His parents were George BRITTAIN & Hannah Carr COXON