Edward Lawrence CALDER

CALDER, Edward Lawrence

Service Number: 7459
Enlisted: 15 June 1917
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 7th Infantry Battalion
Born: Fairbank, Victoria, Australia, 1897
Home Town: Fairbank, Victoria
Schooling: Fairbank State School No.3171 Victoria, Australia
Occupation: Farmer
Died: Lethal dose of poison, Dumbalk, Victoria, Australia,, 3 December 1931
Cemetery: Korumburra Civil Cemetery, Victoria

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World War 1 Service

15 Jun 1917: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 7459, 7th Infantry Battalion
4 Aug 1917: Embarked Private, 7459, 7th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Themistocles, Melbourne
4 Aug 1917: Involvement Private, 7459, 7th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Themistocles embarkation_ship_number: A32 public_note: ''
5 Feb 1918: Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 7459, 7th Infantry Battalion, 5/6 February, proceeded from Nos. 2 & 5 Camps, 2nd Training Battalion, Sutton Veny, via Southampton to France. Marched in to Australian Infantry Base Depot, Havre. 7 February, marched out to unit. 10 February, taken on strength of 7th Battalion
25 Aug 1918: Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 7459, 7th Infantry Battalion, Villers-Bretonneux, Gassed, 2nd Australian Field Ambulance transferred to 55th Casualty Clearance Station. 26 August Ambulance Train No.38 to 9th General Hospital, Rouen. 28/29 August, evacuated per Hospital Ship Essequibo to England, admitted 1st Birmingham War Hospital, Rednal.
13 Jul 1919: Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 7459, 7th Infantry Battalion, per HT Persic, List 327. Disembarked Melbourne, Australia, 29 August, 1919.
28 Sep 1919: Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 7459, 7th Infantry Battalion

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