OVERINGTON, Edward (Edwin) Austin
| Service Number: | 12309 |
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| Enlisted: | 1 November 1915, Blackboy Hill, WA |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 5th Field Artillery Brigade |
| Born: | Adelaide, SA, 6 March 1890 |
| Home Town: | Not yet discovered |
| Schooling: | Norwood State School |
| Occupation: | Miner |
| Died: | Died of wounds, France, 6 November 1917, aged 27 years |
| Cemetery: |
St Sever Cemetery Extension, Rouen P III I |
| Memorials: | Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Kent Town Wesleyan Methodist Church WW1 Honour Roll, Norwood Primary School Honour Board, Norwood Primary School Honour Board, Norwood War Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 1 Nov 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Gunner, 12309, 2nd Field Artillery Brigade , Blackboy Hill, WA | |
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| 28 Jan 1916: | Involvement Gunner, 12309, 2nd Field Artillery Brigade , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '3' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Themistocles embarkation_ship_number: A32 public_note: '' | |
| 28 Jan 1916: | Embarked Gunner, 12309, 2nd Field Artillery Brigade , HMAT Themistocles, Melbourne | |
| 29 Feb 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Gunner, 2nd Field Artillery Brigade , Edward Overington was Taken on strength from Reinforcements and posted to no.3 section, 1st D.A.G | |
| 6 Aug 1916: | Promoted Gunner, 6th Field Artillery Brigade , Edward Overington was promoted to Acting Bombardier | |
| 19 Nov 1916: | Wounded Bombardier, 12309, Edward Overington was taken to hospital, sick, and returned to service on 13/2/1917 | |
| 13 Jun 1917: | Transferred Private, 5th Field Artillery Brigade , Edward Overington was taken on strength to the 5th FAB, and reverted to Private | |
| 25 Oct 1917: | Wounded Private, 12309, Edward Overington Died of his wounds at 6pm. on 6/11/1917 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of Owen Overington and Sarah Ann nee Austin of Adelaide SA
HIS LIFE FOR THOSE HE LOVED
OVERINGTON.-On November 6, of wounds, received in France, Bommadier Edwin Austin Overington, youngest son of the late Owen Overington (S.A. Police Force), the much-loved nephew of Miss Lucy Austin, Kent Town; and brother of Alf. O. Overington (Melbourne), Mrs. William, McDowall (Western Australia), Mrs. Alf. J. Quarrell (Corryton), and Miss F. G. Overington (Kent Town), aged 27 years. His life for the King and Empire.
Biography contributed by Adelaide Botanic High School
Edward Overington was born during May 1890 and he joined the military aged 25 years on 2/11/1915. Edward Overington enlisted as part of the 2nd Field Artillery Brigade, and then embarked on 28/1/1916 from Melbourne as a gunner. On 29/2/1916, where he was ‘taken on strength from reinforcements and posted to No. 3 section’ in Cairo. A little later he was ‘taken on strength, 6th Bty, 10/3/1916’, which translates to ‘Edward Overington was promoted/transferred to the sixth battery’ in Tel-el-Kabir on 10/3/1916.
Edward Overington then ‘proceeded to join the British Expeditionary Forces, Alexandria, 22/3/1916’. He ws sent to the Western Front disembarking, Marseilles, 28/3/1916. Edward Overington was promoted to ‘Acting Bombardier, France, 6/8/1916’, which is to say that he got to load the artillery, or heavy vehicle weaponry, for the gunners to use. He served until he was taken ‘to hospital, sick with boils on his buttocks 20/11/1916’. At first he went to a Casualty Clearning Station and then took the 7th Ambulance to the 22nd General Hospital and was admitted with abscesses.
He was sent to England for further treatment and his records state ‘Overington transferred to England, 12/12/1916, Overington gets transported to the hospital, 12/12/1916, Overington was assigned to St. Gabriel, 12/12/1916, Overington took a break from 29/1/1917 to 13/2/1917, Overington got sent to Larkhill, Perham Downs, 23/2/1917, Overington got sent back to Perham Downs, Larkhill, 23/2/1917’.
After this, Overington is ‘taken on strength on transfer from 5th battery FAB and reverts to private, Parkhouse, 13/6/1917’. Reverting to private means that he was demoted, where private is where one tends to begin their service. It is assumed that this was done to prevent Overington from being sent on any missions that may stress his injuries or reopen the stitches.
After this, there is another bout of ‘Overington was shipped to Southampton, 20/6/1917, Overington joined the 1st Anzac entrenching bn., France, 22/6/1917, Overington marched into battle, 24/6/1917, Overington marched out to the Australian General Base Depot, 16/7/1917, Overington marched to and from the Base Motor Transport Depot’. The conclusion of this set of orders is that Overington collected and prepared the necessary vehicles and equipment for an approaching deployment.
End of service/death
On 25/10/1917 Edward Overington was wounded in battle, a wound that would kill him. He was taken to the hospital but sadly passed on 6/11/1917 at 6pm.
Overington was issued a victory medal, and a memorial scroll, both of which his nephew, Alfred Owen Overington, agreed would be handed to Overington’ s next of kin, Edward Overington’ s Aunt, Miss Lucy Austin.
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