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EDWARDS, Benjamin Noel William

Service Number:	909
Enlisted:	18 August 1914, Bendigo, Victoria
Last Rank:	Second Lieutenant
Last Unit:	7th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Bendigo, Victoria, Australia, March 1894
Home Town:	Bendigo, Greater Bendigo, Victoria
Schooling:	St Andrews College, Bendigo, Victoria, Australia
Occupation:	Civil Engineer
Died:	Killed In Action, Gallipoli, 8 August 1915
Cemetery:	Lone Pine Cemetery, ANZAC
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Bendigo Central School Honor Roll, Bendigo Great War Roll of Honor, Bendigo Quarry Hill Methodist Church Roll of Honor

World War 1 Service

18 Aug 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 909, Bendigo, Victoria
19 Oct 1914:	Involvement AIF WW1, Corporal, 909, 7th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Hororata embarkation_ship_number: A20 public_note: ''
19 Oct 1914:	Embarked AIF WW1, Corporal, 909, 7th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Hororata, Melbourne
25 Apr 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Corporal, 909, 7th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli
29 Apr 1915:	Promoted AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, 7th Infantry Battalion
8 Aug 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, 7th Infantry Battalion, The August Offensive - Lone Pine, Suvla Bay, Sari Bair, The Nek and Hill 60 - Gallipoli

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