Edward James BIRD

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Service Number:	2581
Enlisted:	15 July 1915, Enlisted at Melbourne
Last Rank:	Sergeant
Last Unit:	7th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Bairnsdale, Victoria, Australia, 1893
Home Town:	Sale, Gippsland, Victoria
Schooling:	State & Private School, Victoria, Australia
Occupation:	Carpenter
Died:	Killed in Action, Guedecourt, near Bapaume, France, 6 November 1916
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God"
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Hawthorn Postmaster General's Department Victoria 1, Postmaster General's Department Victoria 2, Sale Cenotaph, Sale I.O.R. Father Mathew Tent Honor Roll, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France)

15 Jul 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, 2581, 22nd Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Melbourne
27 Oct 1915:	Involvement 2581, 22nd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '14' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ulysses embarkation_ship_number: A38 public_note: ''
27 Oct 1915:	Embarked 2581, 22nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ulysses, Melbourne
22 Mar 1916:	Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, Had been Acting Sergeant at the time of embarkation, then reverted back through the rank before being re-promoted to Corporal at Serapeum
24 Apr 1916:	Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Sergeant
4 Oct 1916:	Promoted AIF WW1, Sergeant, In the field
6 Nov 1916:	Involvement Sergeant, 2581, 7th Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 2581 awm_unit: 7 Battalion awm_rank: Sergeant awm_died_date: 1916-11-06

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Son of Edward James and Sarah Catherine Bird of Macalister Street, Sale

24 February 1916 - transferred fromthe 22 Battalion to the 7 Battalion

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

Also served in the Cadets for 4 years