Edwin WELLINGTON

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Service Number:	5716
Enlisted:	4 May 1916, Footscray
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	21st Infantry Battalion
Born:	Heathcote, Victoria, Australia, 18 December 1895
Home Town:	Bendigo, Greater Bendigo, Victoria
Schooling:	Heathcote State School, Victoria, Australia
Occupation:	Miner
Died:	Killed in Action, Poelcappelle, Belgium, 9 October 1917, aged 21 years
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Bendigo Federated Mining Employees Association No. 1 Bendigo Branch Honor Roll, Bendigo Great War Roll of Honor, Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial

4 May 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 5716, 22nd Infantry Battalion, Footscray
26 May 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 21st Infantry Battalion
25 Sep 1916:	Involvement Private, 5716, 22nd Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '13' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Shropshire embarkation_ship_number: A9 public_note: ''
25 Sep 1916:	Embarked Private, 5716, 22nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Shropshire, Melbourne
28 Apr 1917:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 66th Infantry Battalion
22 Sep 1917:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 21st Infantry Battalion
9 Oct 1917:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 5716, 21st Infantry Battalion, Battle of Poelcapelle
9 Oct 1917:	Involvement Private, 5716, 21st Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 5716 awm_unit: 21st Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1917-10-09

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