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, Brookton Road Board District Roll of Honour WW1, Brookton Stoney Crossing Honour Roll, Kings Park Western Australia State 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