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EDWARDS, Walter Charles
Personal Details
Service Number: | 2637 |
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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) |
Service History
World War 1 Service
27 Jul 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2637, 17th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW | |
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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 |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography 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