REES, Edris Saundres
| Service Number: | 527 |
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| Enlisted: | 18 July 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 30th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Boolaroo, New South Wales, 7 February 1896 |
| Home Town: | Boolaroo, Lake Macquarie Shire, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Smelter |
| Died: | Fourth Street, Boolaroo, New South Wales, 4 April 1964, aged 68 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Sandgate General Cemetery, Newcastle, NSW ANGLICAN 2-113A. 66. |
| Memorials: | Boolaroo Presbyterian Church Honor Roll, Boolaroo Presbyterian Honor Roll, Sulphide Corporation Pty. Ltd. Cockle Creek Works Honour Board |
World War 1 Service
| 18 Jul 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 527, 30th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 9 Nov 1915: | Involvement Private, 527, 30th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '16' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Beltana embarkation_ship_number: A72 public_note: '' | |
| 9 Nov 1915: | Embarked Private, 527, 30th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Beltana, Sydney | |
| 2 Dec 1917: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 527, 30th Infantry Battalion, 2nd MD, MU GSW chest, Battle of Pozieres (23.7.1916) |
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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.
59 years ago today, on the 29th May 1964, Private Edris Saundres (Sanders, Saunders) Rees, referred to as Eddie, 30th Battalion (Reg No-527), smelter from Fourth Street, Boolaroo, New South Wales, was laid to rest at Sandgate Cemetery, age 68. ANGLICAN 2-113A. 66.
Born at Boolaroo, New South Wales on the 7th February 1896 to Evan and Sarah Ann Rees; husband of Jean Ann Rees nee Roarty (married 1922, Marrickville, N.S.W., died 27.10.1990, sleeping here), Eddie enlisted on the 18th July 1915 at Liverpool, N.S.W.
Unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales on board HMAT A72 Beltana on the 9th November 1915.
Wounded in action - 23.7.1916 (GSW chest, Battle of Pozieres).
Eddie returned home on the 2nd December 1916, being discharged medically unfit (GSW chest & lung) on the 12th February 1917.
Mr. Rees’s name has been inscribed on the Boolaroo District Pictorial Roll of Honour, Boolaroo Methodist Church Roll of Honour, Boolaroo Presbyterian Church Honor Roll and the Sulphide Corporation Pty Ltd Cockle Creek Works Roll of Honour.
I have placed poppies at Eddie’s gravesite in remembrance of his service and sacrifice for God, King & Country.
Plaque in New South Wales Garden of Remembrance.
Officially commemorated - 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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