MORTIMORE, Edward John
Service Number: | 437 |
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Enlisted: | 6 January 1915, Enlisted at Dunolly, Victoria |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | 24th Infantry Battalion |
Born: | Manaton, Moretonhampstead, Devon, England., 1886 |
Home Town: | Dunolly, Central Goldfields, Victoria |
Schooling: | Manaton National School, Grammar School |
Occupation: | Labourer |
Died: | Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Ottoman Empire, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 20 November 1915 |
Cemetery: |
Lone Pine Cemetery, ANZAC P1ot 1, Row C, Grave 18 J.C. McPhee officiated Headstone inscription reads: He lives with us in memory still and will forever more, Lone Pine Cemetery, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
6 Jan 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 437, 24th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Dunolly, Victoria | |
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10 May 1915: | Involvement Private, 437, 24th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '13' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ulysses embarkation_ship_number: A38 public_note: '' | |
10 May 1915: | Embarked Private, 437, 24th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ulysses, Melbourne |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Arrived in Australia aged 23 years
Son of John William M. and Alice Mary Mortimore of Edgehill, Bovey Tracey, Devon, England
Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Biography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
He was 29.
His brother fell whilst serving with British forces; he was 45690 Private Charles William N. Mortimore of the 8th Battalion, Devonshire Regiment. Died 2 April 1917.
They were grandsons of Edward and Mary Cuming of the Town Barton, Manaton; son of Alice Mary (née Cuming) of Fursdon, Bovey Tracey and the late John William Mortimore.
The grandparents had a brass memorial plaque in their honour erected in the church; they are are also commemorated on the MANATON WAR MEMORIAL 1914 - 1918.