ONIONS, Edward Isaac
| Service Number: | 3166 |
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| Enlisted: | 2 August 1915, Claremont, Tasmania |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 51st Infantry Battalion (WW1) |
| Born: | Ulverstone, Tasmania, Australia, 29 September 1892 |
| Home Town: | Ulverstone, Tasmania |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Natural causes, Ulverstone District Hospital, Tasmania, Australia, 14 March 1970, aged 77 years |
| Cemetery: |
Forth Methodist Cemetery, Tasmania |
| Memorials: | Forth Congregational Church Sunday School HR |
World War 1 Service
| 2 Aug 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Claremont, Tasmania | |
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| 16 Oct 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 3166, 12th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Port Lincoln embarkation_ship_number: A17 public_note: '' | |
| 16 Oct 1915: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 3166, 12th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Port Lincoln, Melbourne | |
| 3 Mar 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 52nd Infantry Battalion, At Zeiton | |
| 16 May 1918: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 51st Infantry Battalion (WW1), From 52nd Battalion | |
| 11 Apr 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 3166, 51st Infantry Battalion (WW1), Discharged at the 6th Military District as medically unfit due to influenza |
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Service Medal 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal.
Forth Methodist Cemetery, 796 Forth Road, Forth, Tasmania
Biography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of William Isaac Onions and Rosetta Onions nee Sheppard of Forth, Tasmania.
Brother of Albert Carl Onions MM who was killed in action on 11 June 1917 while serving with the 52nd Battalion and has no known grave. His name appears on Menin Gate, Ypres, Panel 29
Commenced return to Australia on 18 December 1918 aboard HT Aeneas disembarking on 5 February 1919 at Melbourne for onward travel to Hobart
On 11 June 1925 Edward married Adelina May Moran in St Georges, Burnie, Tasmania
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