Edwin GURDON

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Service Number:	3303
Enlisted:	22 July 1915, Brisbane, Queensland
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	49th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Hopton, Suffolk, England, 1880
Home Town:	Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria
Schooling:	Brighton Grammar School, Victoria, Australia
Occupation:	Station overseer
Died:	Died of wounds, France, 12 August 1916
Cemetery:	Warloy-Baillon Communal Cemetery Extension Warloy-Baillon Communal Cemetery Extension, Warloy-Baillon, Picardie, France, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Box Hill (Shire of Nunawading) War Memorial, Shire of Nunawading Honour Roll

22 Jul 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3303, Brisbane, Queensland
5 Oct 1915:	Involvement Private, 3303, 9th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Warilda embarkation_ship_number: A69 public_note: ''
5 Oct 1915:	Embarked Private, 3303, 9th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Warilda, Brisbane
12 Aug 1916:	Involvement Private, 3303, 49th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 3303 awm_unit: 49th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1916-08-12

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