Edwin HOLDSWORTH

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Service Number:	819
Enlisted:	14 September 1914, Enlisted at Blackboy Hill, WA
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	12th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Warracknabeal, Victoria, Australia, 1886
Home Town:	Brookton, Brookton, Western Australia
Schooling:	Cannum West Public School, Victoria, Australia
Occupation:	Farmer
Died:	Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 25 April 1915
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" No known grave Panel 35 , Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Brookton District War Memorial, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing, Pingelly Memorial Rotunda

14 Sep 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 819, 12th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Blackboy Hill, WA
2 Nov 1914:	Involvement Private, 819, 12th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Medic embarkation_ship_number: A7 public_note: ''
2 Nov 1914:	Embarked Private, 819, 12th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Medic, Fremantle

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Son of Edwin and Margaret Ellen Holdsworth of 'Melrose', East Brookton, WA

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