Edward Richard KILPATRICK

KILPATRICK, Edward Richard

Service Number: 703
Enlisted: 2 October 1914, Enlisted at Melbourne
Last Rank: Trooper
Last Unit: 8th Light Horse Regiment
Born: Port Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 1891
Home Town: Surrey Hills, Boroondara, Victoria
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Tinsmith
Died: Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 5 September 1915
Cemetery: 7th Field Ambulance Cemetery
Plot 1V, Row C, Grave 13 Rev. P. Edwards officiated Headstone inscription reads: To the sacred memory of my dear husband and loving father of Bertie, 7th Field Ambulance Cemetery, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Box Hill (Shire of Nunawading) War Memorial, Shire of Nunawading Honour Roll
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World War 1 Service

2 Oct 1914: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 703, 8th Light Horse Regiment, Enlisted at Melbourne
12 Feb 1915: Involvement Private, 703, 8th Light Horse Regiment, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '2' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Armadale embarkation_ship_number: A26 public_note: ''
12 Feb 1915: Embarked Private, 703, 8th Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Armadale, Melbourne
5 Sep 1915: Involvement Trooper, 703, 8th Light Horse Regiment, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 703 awm_unit: 8th Australian Light Horse Regiment awm_rank: Trooper awm_died_date: 1915-09-05

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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Son of Arthur and Selina Kilpatrick; husband of Caroline Sylvia  Kilpatrick of 118 Victoria Road, Auburn, Vic. Formerly of Mount Albert/Elgar Road Corner, Surrey Hills, Vic. Later known as Caroline Sylvia  Keck of Glenferrie, Vic. Father of Albert Reginald (Bertie) Kilpatrick

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal