Edmund Wilkinson CHALLIS MM

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CHALLIS, Edmund Wilkinson

Service Number:	1322
Enlisted:	13 July 1915, Beeac, Victoria
Last Rank:	Sergeant
Last Unit:	13th Light Horse Regiment
Born:	Beeac, Victoria, 22 July 1894
Home Town:	Beeac, Colac-Otway, Victoria
Schooling:	Unknown
Occupation:	Draper's assistant
Died:	Illness, Bournemouth, England, 11 October 1954, aged 60 years
Cemetery:	Not yet discovered
Memorials:	Beeac Presbyterian Church Honour Roll WWI, Beeac War Memorial, Colac Soldier's Memorial

World War 1 Service

13 Jul 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1322, Beeac, Victoria
23 Nov 1915:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 1322, 13th Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Ceramic, Melbourne
23 Nov 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1322, 13th Light Horse Regiment, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '3' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ceramic embarkation_ship_number: A40 public_note: ''
27 Apr 1917:	Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, 13th Light Horse Regiment
5 Aug 1918:	Promoted AIF WW1, Sergeant, 13th Light Horse Regiment
6 Sep 1918:	Honoured Military Medal, "The Last Hundred Days", For gallantry and devotion to duty
21 Mar 1920:	Discharged AIF WW1, Sergeant, 1322, 13th Light Horse Regiment

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Biography contributed by Elizabeth Allen

Edmund Wilkinson CHALLIS was born on 22nd July, 1894 in Beeac, Victoria

His parents were Alfred CHALLIS & Theresa WILLIAMSON

He married Kathleen Mary COZENS on 21st July, 1919 in St Marys Church, Longstock, UK & returned to Australia with his wife by 1920 where a son Geoffrey Edmund was born in Beeac, Victoria - he also had a daughter (birth place & name unknown)

At some stage Edmund and wife Kathleen returned to England and he died on 11th October, 1954 in Bournemouth. UK

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