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GARRAWAY, Edward Rupert Emmerson
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 31218 |
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| Enlisted: | 8 October 1916, Sydney, NSW |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 12th Light Trench Mortar Battery |
| Born: | Drummoyne, NSW, 28 October 1897 |
| Home Town: | Chatswood, Willoughby, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Sydney Shore Church of England Grammar School |
| Occupation: | Law Clerk |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Belgium, France, 14 October 1917, aged 19 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium, St Sever Cemetery Extension, Haute-Normandie, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Menin Gate Memorial (Commonwealth Memorial to the Missing of the Ypres Salient), Northbridge (Shore) Sydney Church of England Grammar School Memorial Cricket Ground Roll of Honour |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 8 Oct 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Gunner, 31218, 5th Divisional Ammunition Column, Sydney, NSW | |
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| 19 Dec 1916: | Involvement Gunner, 31218, 5th Divisional Ammunition Column, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '22' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: RMS Orontes embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: '' | |
| 19 Dec 1916: | Embarked Gunner, 31218, 5th Divisional Ammunition Column, RMS Orontes, Sydney | |
| 14 Oct 1917: | Involvement Private, 31218, 12th Light Trench Mortar Battery, Third Ypres, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 31218 awm_unit: 12th Australian Light Trench Mortar Battery awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1917-10-14 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of Harold and Maria GARRAWAY, 'Ewell', Coonanbarra Road, Wahroonga, New South Wales
GARRAWAY -Killed in action in France, October 14. 1917, Gunner F. R. F. Garraway, aged 19, only son of Mr and Mrs Harold Garroway of Zeta, Chatswood. N.S.W. and the nephew of Mr A. H. Carraway, of Moss Vale.
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