APSEY, Edward
| Service Number: | 1113 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 22nd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Not yet discovered |
| Home Town: | Not yet discovered |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
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World War 1 Service
| 10 May 1915: | Involvement Private, 1113, 22nd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '14' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ulysses embarkation_ship_number: A38 public_note: '' | |
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| 10 May 1915: | Embarked Private, 1113, 22nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ulysses, Melbourne |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Aubrey Bairstow
Edward Apsey stated he was a 20 year old traveller with prior service in the Senior Cadets and Army Service Corps when he enlisted on 30 March 1915. He embarked for Egypt in May 1915 and served at Gallipoli and the Canal Zone.
Edward was reported as being killed in action France on 5 August 1916 during the battle at Pozieres. It wasn’t until 13 September 1916 that he was located at a Casualty Clearing Station with a bullet wound to his hand that his family were able to be informed that he had not been killed.
After a slow recovery he was posted to Australian Army Medical Corps for UK based service. It wasn’t until July 1918 that he was able to return to France .
He was returned to Australia in April 1919