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EDE, Cyril Francis

Service Number:	2139
Enlisted:	31 May 1915, Keswick, SA
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	27th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Port Adelaide, South Australia, 1897
Home Town:	Rosewater (Greytown), Port Adelaide Enfield, South Australia
Schooling:	Port Adelaide Public School, South Australia
Occupation:	Carpenter and joiner
Died:	Killed in Action, Flers, France, 5 November 1916
Cemetery:	Caterpillar Valley Cemetery, Longueval Plot XIV, Row D, Grave No. 9
Memorials:	Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

World War 1 Service

31 May 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2139, 27th Infantry Battalion, Keswick, SA
26 Aug 1915:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 2139, 27th Infantry Battalion, Unit embarked from Adelaide, South Australia, on board RMS Morea
5 Nov 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 27th Infantry Battalion

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Biography contributed by Faithe Jones

Son of John Joseph and Caroline Ann EDE, Gray Terrace, Rosewater, South Australia