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HUMPHREYS, Edward Leichhardt
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 3055 |
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| Enlisted: | 24 October 1916, Roma, Queensland |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 15th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Roma, Queensland, Australia, 25 September 1893 |
| Home Town: | Mitchell, Maranoa, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Grazier |
| Died: | Natural causes, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 9 August 1967, aged 73 years |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
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Service History
World War 1 Service
| 24 Oct 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3055, Roma, Queensland | |
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| 7 Feb 1917: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 3055, 42nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Wiltshire, Sydney | |
| 7 Feb 1917: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 3055, 42nd Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '18' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Wiltshire embarkation_ship_number: A18 public_note: '' | |
| 12 Oct 1917: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 3055, 42nd Infantry Battalion, 1st Passchendaele, Gassed | |
| 29 Sep 1918: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 3055, 42nd Infantry Battalion, Breaching the Hindenburg Line - Cambrai / St Quentin Canal, 2nd occasion - GSW (chin and arms) | |
| 15 Dec 1918: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 15th Infantry Battalion | |
| 20 Jun 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 3055, 15th Infantry Battalion |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by John Edwards
Son of Henry Charles Humphreys and Annie Bertha Knayer
Embarkation Roll (www.awm.gov.au) has incorrectly recorded Christian names spelled EDWIN LEICHARDT
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