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CALDER, Edward Lawrence
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 7459 |
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| 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 | |
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| 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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