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FACER, Edward Leonard Malcolm
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 370 |
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| Enlisted: | 24 March 1916, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW |
| Last Rank: | Sergeant |
| Last Unit: | 21st Machine Gun Company |
| Born: | Narrabri, New South Wales, Australia, 21 January 1888 |
| Home Town: | Cunnamulla, Paroo, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Shearer |
| Died: | Gloucester House Hospital, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 19 August 1950, aged 62 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Armidale General Cemetery Presbyterian Section |
| Memorials: | Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 24 Mar 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 370, 1st Machine Gun Company, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW | |
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| 19 Sep 1916: | Involvement Private, 370, 1st Machine Gun Company, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '21' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Commonwealth embarkation_ship_number: A73 public_note: '' | |
| 19 Sep 1916: | Embarked Private, 370, 1st Machine Gun Company, HMAT Commonwealth, Melbourne | |
| 15 Jan 1917: | Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, 21st Machine Gun Company , Promoted on transfer | |
| 15 Jan 1917: | Transferred AIF WW1, Corporal, 21st Machine Gun Company , From 1st Machine Gun Company | |
| 1 Mar 1917: | Promoted AIF WW1, Sergeant, 21st Machine Gun Company | |
| 15 Apr 1917: | Imprisoned Taken Prisoner of War in Germany. Captured at Lagnicourt. Later escaped and returned to England arriving on the 18 October 1918 | |
| 19 Dec 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Sergeant, 370, 21st Machine Gun Company , Discharged at the 2nd Military District |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of John Malcolm Facer and Emily Mary Facer of MacPherson Street, Kogarah, NSW. Brother of Elsie L. Facer
During 1929 Edward married Hannah F. Plant at Leeton, NSW
Commenced return to Australia on 19 September 1919 aboard Raranga disembarking on 29 October 1919
Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal