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EDWARD, Sydney
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 2364 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Sergeant |
| Last Unit: | 51st Infantry Battalion (WW1) |
| Born: | 1885, place not yet discovered |
| Home Town: | Leederville, Vincent, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Stockman |
| Died: | 23 February 1968, cause of death not yet discovered, place of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Allambie Park Cemetery, Albany, Western Australia |
| Memorials: |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 25 Jun 1915: | Involvement Private, 2364, 11th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Karoola embarkation_ship_number: A63 public_note: '' | |
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| 25 Jun 1915: | Embarked Private, 2364, 11th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Karoola, Fremantle | |
| 11 Nov 1918: | Involvement Sergeant, 2364, 51st Infantry Battalion (WW1) |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of Elizabeth RUNDLE of 89 Woolwich Street, West Leederville, WA
When Sydney Edwards was taken prisoner on the Western Front, he escaped to Switzerland using a bedsheet, a stolen pair of pincers and an Automobile Club map of southern Germany.
A stock and sheep breeder from Western Australia, Edwards travelled 160 kilometres on foot, becoming the first Australian to escape to Switzerland during the First World War.
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