Walter Charles EDWARDS

EDWARDS, Walter Charles

Service Number: 2637
Enlisted: 27 July 1915, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW
Last Rank: Corporal
Last Unit: 17th Infantry Battalion
Born: Sydney, New South Wales, 1886
Home Town: Balmain, Leichhardt, New South Wales
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Fireman
Died: Killed in Action, France, 12 May 1918
Cemetery: No known grave - "Known Unto God"
No known grave, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France)
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World War 1 Service

27 Jul 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2637, 17th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW
2 Nov 1915: Involvement Private, 2637, 17th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Euripides embarkation_ship_number: A14 public_note: ''
2 Nov 1915: Embarked Private, 2637, 17th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Euripides, Sydney
24 Jan 1917: Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, 17th Infantry Battalion, In the field
20 Sep 1917: Wounded AIF WW1, Corporal, 2637, Shell wound to the right arm
12 May 1918: Involvement Corporal, 2637, 17th Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 2637 awm_unit: 17th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Corporal awm_died_date: 1918-05-12

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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Husband of Eva Ellen Edwards of 21 Stephen Street, Balmain, NSW and who died in 1920; father of Edna May Edwards

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