Edmund BELCHER MC

BELCHER, Edmund

    Service Numbers: 2037, N74463
    Enlisted: 28 June 1915, Sydney
    Last Rank: Lieutenant
    Last Unit: 2 Garrison Battalion (NSW)
    Born: Aramac, Queensland, Australia, 26 September 1889
    Home Town: Maryborough, Fraser Coast, Queensland
    Schooling: Not yet discovered
    Occupation: Draper and Mercer
    Died: Natural causes, Cessnock, New South Wales, Australia, 23 November 1973, aged 84 years
    Cemetery: East Maitland Cemetery, New South Wales, Australia
    RC, B
    Memorials: Maryborough City Hall Honour Roll
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    World War 1 Service

    28 Jun 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2037, 19th Infantry Battalion, Sydney
    9 Aug 1915: Embarked Private, 2037, 19th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Runic, Sydney
    9 Aug 1915: Involvement Private, 2037, 19th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '13' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Runic embarkation_ship_number: A54 public_note: ''
    12 Oct 1915: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2037, 19th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli
    16 Apr 1916: Promoted AIF WW1, Sergeant, 19th Infantry Battalion
    27 Jul 1916: Wounded AIF WW1, Sergeant, 2037, 19th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , Buried by gas shell.
    19 Aug 1916: Promoted AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, 19th Infantry Battalion
    1 Jan 1917: Promoted AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 19th Infantry Battalion
    18 Jun 1917: Honoured Military Cross, The Outpost Villages - German Withdrawal to Hindenburg Line, For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty near Lagnicourt on 15 April 1917 handing his Lewis gun with great skill engaging two enemy machine guns and saving a critical situation.
    6 Nov 1917: Wounded AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 19th Infantry Battalion, 2nd Passchendaele , Broodseinde Ridge, GSW back (severe)
    4 Jun 1919: Embarked AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 19th Infantry Battalion, HT Mahia, Devonport for return to Australia - arriving 17 July 1919.
    19 Sep 1919: Discharged AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 19th Infantry Battalion

    World War 2 Service

    5 Jun 1940: Enlisted N74463, 2 Garrison Battalion (NSW), Paddington, Lieutenant
    13 Nov 1943: Discharged N74463, 2 Garrison Battalion (NSW), Captain

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