Edgar King UPTON

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Service Number:	16655
Enlisted:	Not yet discovered
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	Army Medical Corps (AIF)
Born:	Rockdale, New South Wales , Australia, 1894
Home Town:	Rockdale, Rockdale, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Operator
Died:	Auburn, New South Wales, Australia, 1 March 1958, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Bathurst General Cemetery
Memorials:	Royal Mint Sydney Branch HR

10 Feb 1917:	Involvement Private, 16655, Army Medical Corps (AIF), --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '23' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: RMS Osterley embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: ''
10 Feb 1917:	Embarked Private, 16655, Army Medical Corps (AIF), RMS Osterley, Sydney

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Son of Arthur Upton and Sarah Ellen Upton of 'Northwold', Gibb Street, Rockdale, NSW

7 February 1916 - enlisted at Casula, NSW, with the January 1917 Reinforcements with the rank of Private.

31 August 1917 - transferred to the 14th Field Ambulance in the field

21 June 1919 - commenced return to Australia aboard HT Konigan Luise disembarking on 16 August 1919

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

23 September 1919 - discharged at the 2nd Military District

During 1929c Edgar married Winifred A.C. Lavelle in NSW.