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EDIS, Oswald Edward
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 1915 |
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| Enlisted: | 16 June 1915, 4 years Senior Cadets |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 23rd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Kyabram, Victoria, Australia, April 1897 |
| Home Town: | Kyabram, Campaspe, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Kyabram State School and Wesley College, Victoria, Australia |
| Occupation: | Student |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France , 4 August 1916 |
| Cemetery: |
Serre Road Cemetery No.2 Beaumont Hamel, France Plot XI, Row B, Grave No. 12 |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Kyabram & District R.S.S. & A.I.L.A. Honour Roll, Kyabram Methodist Church Honor Roll WW1, Kyabram School Roll of Honor WW1, Kyabram War Memorial |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 16 Jun 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1915, 23rd Infantry Battalion, 4 years Senior Cadets | |
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| 26 Aug 1915: | Involvement Private, 1915, 23rd Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '14' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Anchises embarkation_ship_number: A68 public_note: '' | |
| 26 Aug 1915: | Embarked Private, 1915, 23rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Anchises, Melbourne |
Personal Stories
Private Oswald Edward Edis
From Gallipoli Association
Private Oswald Edward Edis, D Company, 3rd Reinforcements, 23rd Battalion, of Kyabram, Vic.
Pte Edis enlisted on 16 June 1915 and embarked from Melbourne aboard HMAT Anchises on 26 August 1915.
After serving for three months in the Gallipoli campaign, Pte Edis was deployed to France, where he was killed in action at Pozieres 4th August in 1916, aged 19 years
Submitted 5 August 2021 by Evan Evans
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