EDGLEY, Edward James
| Service Number: | 53 |
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| Enlisted: | 17 August 1914, Enlisted at Melbourne |
| Last Rank: | Lance Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 6th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | North Fitzroy, Victoria, Australia, 14 July 1894 |
| Home Town: | North Fitzroy, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Shoemaker |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Turkey, 25 April 1915, aged 20 years |
| Cemetery: |
Lone Pine Cemetery, ANZAC Plot 111, Row E, Grave 2 |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 17 Aug 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 53, 6th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Melbourne | |
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| 19 Oct 1914: | Involvement Lance Corporal, 53, 6th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Hororata embarkation_ship_number: A20 public_note: '' | |
| 19 Oct 1914: | Embarked Lance Corporal, 53, 6th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Hororata, Melbourne |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of Frederick and Caroline Edgley. Husband of Sylvia Leta Edgley later known as Sylvia Leta Hutchinson of 170 Langridge Street, Collingwood, Victoria formerly of Scotchmer Street, North Fitzroy, Victoria. Father of Jean Matilda Edgley
Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Biography contributed by Grace Carter
Born at 209 Scotchmer St. North Fitzroy, son of Frederick Edgley, a shoemaker, and Caroline (née Edwards), immigrants from Bethnal Green in London.
Edward 'Eddie' was the twin brother of Alice Nellie Edgley, and he had at least 11 other siblings: Frederick, Caroline, Thomas, Rosetta, Albert, Walter, John, Lydia, Robert, Henry, and Walter George.
He was remembered by his comrades as fit and lively, "always singing rag-times".
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