DWYER, Edmund
| Service Number: | 3796 |
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| Enlisted: | 15 July 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 46th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | North Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 1894 |
| Home Town: | Brighton, Bayside, Victoria |
| Schooling: | St James RC School, Elsternwick, Victoria, Australia |
| Occupation: | Packer |
| Died: | Pyaemia, Egypt, 5 June 1916 |
| Cemetery: |
Ismailia War Memorial Cemetery, Egypt Row B, Grave No. 75. |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 15 Jul 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3796, 5th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 23 Nov 1915: | Involvement Private, 3796, 5th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ceramic embarkation_ship_number: A40 public_note: '' | |
| 23 Nov 1915: | Embarked Private, 3796, 5th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ceramic, Melbourne | |
| 5 Jun 1916: | Involvement Private, 3796, 46th Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 3796 awm_unit: 46th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1916-06-05 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Stephen Brooks
Edmund Dwyer was a stationer from Brighton, Victoria prior to enlistment. His parents were Dennis and Elizabeth Dwyer, Exchange Hotel, Brighton, Victoria.
After his arrival in Suez, he transferred to the 46th Battalion and was admitted to hospital suffering from pyaemia. It seems pyaemia exhibits the same symptoms as other forms of septicaemia. He was reported dangerously ill throughout May 1915 and on 5 June 1916 he succumbed to his illness and was buried in the Ismailia War Cemetery, Egypt.
His older brother 1941 Pte Jack Dwyer, also of the 5th Battalion AIF, died of wounds at Gallipoli on 11 August 1915.
Another older brother, Sergeant Daniel James Dwyer 23rd Battalion AIF returned to Australia during 1919, having been severely wounded in the head at Pozieres, 1916.
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