Sydney EDWARDS MM

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EDWARDS, Sydney

Service Number:	2364
Enlisted:	5 May 1915
Last Rank:	Company Quartermaster Sergeant
Last Unit:	51st Infantry Battalion (WW1)
Born:	North Adelaide, South Australia, Australia, 16 August 1884
Home Town:	Leederville, Vincent, Western Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Stockman
Died:	23 February 1968, aged 83 years, cause of death not yet discovered, place of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Allambie Park Cemetery, Albany, Western Australia
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World War 1 Service

5 May 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2364, 11th Infantry Battalion
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: ''
25 Jun 1915:	Embarked Private, 2364, 11th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Karoola, Fremantle
1 Mar 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 51st Infantry Battalion (WW1)
24 Mar 1916:	Promoted AIF WW1, Company Quartermaster Sergeant, 51st Infantry Battalion (WW1)
3 Sep 1916:	Imprisoned Mouquet Farm
11 Nov 1918:	Involvement Sergeant, 2364, 51st Infantry Battalion (WW1)
4 Dec 1918:	Discharged AIF WW1, Company Quartermaster Sergeant, 2364, 51st Infantry Battalion (WW1)
29 Apr 1920:	Honoured Military Medal, Awarded for his efforts at Mouquet Farm and escaping from captivity during 1917-1918

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Biography 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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