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EDWARDS, Cecil William
Personal Details
Service Number: | 3141 |
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Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | 53rd Infantry Battalion |
Born: | Not yet discovered |
Home Town: | Sydney, City of Sydney, New South Wales |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
Died: | Killed in Action, Belgium, 23 September 1917, age not yet discovered |
Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Menin Gate Memorial (Commonwealth Memorial to the Missing of the Ypres Salient) |
Service History
World War 1 Service
11 Nov 1916: | Involvement Private, 3141, 53rd Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '19' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Suevic embarkation_ship_number: A29 public_note: '' | |
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11 Nov 1916: | Embarked Private, 3141, 53rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Suevic, Sydney |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
He is remembered, along with two other English born Australian WWI soldiers, on the war memorial in Ramsey, Huntingdonshire, England.