Edmund SAMBELL

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Service Number:	2858
Enlisted:	Not yet discovered
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	14th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Melbourne, Australia, date not yet discovered
Home Town:	Not yet discovered
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Shipwright
Died:	Natural Causes, 5 December 1961, place of death not yet discovered, age not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Altona Memorial Park, Victoria
Memorials:

27 Sep 1915:	Involvement Private, 2858, 14th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Hororata embarkation_ship_number: A20 public_note: ''
27 Sep 1915:	Embarked Private, 2858, 14th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Hororata, Melbourne
11 Feb 1918:	Wounded Australian Naval & Military Expeditionary Forces (New Guinea 1914), Private, 2858, 14th Infantry Battalion

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Regimental number: 2858

Place of birth: Melbourne Victoria

Religion: Church of England

Occupation: Shipwright

Address: North Williamstown, Victoria

Marital status: Widower

Age at embarkation: 38

Next of kind: Sister, Emma E Campbell, 16 James Street, North Williamstown Melbourne, Victoria

Enlistment date: 3 July 1915

Rank on enlistment Private

Unit name: 14th Battalion, 9th Reinforcement

AWM Embarkation Roll number: 23/31/3

Embarkation details Unit embarked: from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A20 Hororata on 27 September 1915

Rank from Nominal Roll: Private

Unit from Nominal Roll: 14th Battalion

Fate Returned to Australia: 12 May 1918

Date of death: 5 December 1961

Place of burial: Altona Cemetery

Ship embarked on: HMAT Hororata A20