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EDWARDS, Henry John

Service Number:	503
Enlisted:	30 January 1915, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW
Last Rank:	Lance Corporal
Last Unit:	12th Light Horse Regiment
Born:	Tumbarumba, New South Wales, Australia, 1893
Home Town:	Tumbarumba, Tumbarumba, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Illness - Ostec-Myelitis and exhaustion, 4th Australian General Hospital, Port Said, Egypt, 23 May 1918
Cemetery:	Port Said War Memorial Cemetery Row H, Grave 1 Rev. King officiated, Port Said War Memorial Cemetery, Port Said, Suez Canal, Egypt
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Tumbarumba District Roll of Honour WW1

World War 1 Service

30 Jan 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Driver, 503, 12th Light Horse Regiment, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW
22 Jun 1915:	Involvement Driver, 503, 12th Light Horse Regiment, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '3' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Vestalia embarkation_ship_number: A44 public_note: ''
22 Jun 1915:	Embarked Driver, 503, 12th Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Vestalia, Sydney
14 May 1916:	Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, In the field
23 May 1918:	Involvement Lance Corporal, 503, 12th Light Horse Regiment, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 503 awm_unit: 12th Australian Light Horse Regiment awm_rank: Lance Corporal awm_died_date: 1918-05-23

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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Son of Isabel Allen of Tumbarumba, NSW

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