PENFOLD, Edward George
| Service Number: | 1265 |
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| Enlisted: | 10 May 1916 |
| Last Rank: | Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 18th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Cardiff, New South Wales, Australia, 15 May 1898 |
| Home Town: | Cardiff, Lake Macquarie Shire, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Teralba, New South Wales, Australia, 6 April 1935, aged 36 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Sandgate General Cemetery, Newcastle, NSW ANGLICAN No. 2-133-71 |
| Memorials: | Cardiff Methodist Church Roll of Honour, Cardiff RSL Club Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 10 May 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1265, Light Trench Mortar Batteries | |
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| 7 Oct 1916: | Embarked Private, 1265, Light Trench Mortar Batteries, HMAT Ceramic, Sydney | |
| 7 Oct 1916: | Involvement Private, 1265, Light Trench Mortar Batteries, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '4' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Ceramic embarkation_ship_number: A40 public_note: '' | |
| 14 Aug 1917: | Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 18th Infantry Battalion | |
| 29 Aug 1918: | Promoted AIF WW1, Sergeant, 18th Infantry Battalion | |
| 3 Jan 1919: | Embarked AIF WW1, Sergeant, 1265, 18th Infantry Battalion, Returned to Australia HMAT Mamari | |
| 4 Apr 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Corporal, 1265, 18th Infantry Battalion, 2nd MD, Medically unfit (wounding) |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Evan Evans
From Gary Mitchell, Sandgate Cemetery
Served and suffered during The Great War, resting at Sandgate Cemetery.
90 years ago today, on the Monday afternoon of the 8th April 1935, Lance Corporal Edward George Penfold, referred to as Ted or Teddy or Tiddie, 18th Battalion (Reg No- 1265A), labourer from 17 Harrison Street, Cardiff, New South Wales and Rhondda Road, Teralba, N.S.W., father of six (Lance, Ken, Marie, Arnold, Ailsa and baby Judith), was laid to rest at Sandgate Cemetery, age 36. ANGLICAN 2-133. 71.
Born at Cardiff, New South Wales on the 15th May 1898 to William, died 28.8.1948, Cardiff, N.S.W., age?, buried at METHODIST 1 (WESLEYAN) I SE. 29, unmarked grave?, and Esther Penfold nee Genge, died 9.2.1908, Cardiff, N.S.W., age?, mother of 8, sleeping at METHODIST 1 (WESLEYAN) I SE. 29, unmarked grave?; husband of Vivian Gladys S Penfold nee Parrey, married 1919, Wallsend, N.S.W., died 15.5.1978, Carey Bay, N.S.W., age 81, 43 years a widow, ashes Newcastle Memorial Park, Ted enlisted on the 15th May 1916 (his 18th birthday) with the Light Trench Mortar Battery, Reinforcement 2, at West Wallsend, N.S.W.
Unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales on board HMAT A40 Ceramic on the 7th October 1916.
Disembarked Plymouth, England on the 21st November 1916.
Transferred to 18th Battalion 6.2.1917.
Wounded in action - 4.10.1917 (contusion, eye), 31.8.1918 (GSW left arm & left leg).
Granted leave to England from 10.2.1918 to 24.2.1918.
Ted arrived home on the 4th February 1919, being discharged medically unfit on the 4th April 1919.
Mr. Penfold’s name has been inscribed on the Cardiff Methodist Church Roll of Honour, Cardiff War Memorial and The Capt. Clarence Smith Jeffries (V.C.) and Pte. William Matthew Currey (V.C.) Memorial Wall.
I have placed poppies at Ted’s gravesite in remembrance of his service and sacrifice for God, King & Country.
Service record states Died after Discharge, 6/4/1935.
Officially commemorated 10.5.1935 - https://connect.dva.gov.au/.../viewCommemoration.html....
Contact with descendants would be greatly appreciated.
For more detail, see “Forever Remembered“.
http://www.commemoratingwarheroes.com/cemetery-main-search/.
Lest We Forget.
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