WHITTERON, Edmund Reginald
| Service Number: | 402 |
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| Enlisted: | 26 September 1914 |
| Last Rank: | Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 14th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Brisbane, Qld., 1894 |
| Home Town: | Kew, Boroondara, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Melbourne C of E Grammar School; Geelong Grammar School; Melbourne University |
| Occupation: | Student |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 8 August 1915 |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Geelong Grammar School Community Members Who Served, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing, Melbourne Grammar School WW1 Fallen Honour Roll |
World War 1 Service
| 26 Sep 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 402, 14th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 22 Dec 1914: | Involvement Private, 402, 14th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ulysses embarkation_ship_number: A38 public_note: '' | |
| 22 Dec 1914: | Embarked Private, 402, 14th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ulysses, Melbourne | |
| 8 Aug 1915: | Involvement Corporal, 402, 14th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 402 awm_unit: 14 Battalion awm_rank: Corporal awm_died_date: 1915-08-08 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Sharyn Roberts
Son of Fred and Mary Annie WHITTERTON
EDMUND REGINALD WHITTERON who was killed in action at Anzac on 8th August 1915 was the son of Mr. T. Whitteron of Geelong. He was born in 1894 and was at the Preparatory School in 1906 and left to go to the Geelong Grammar School, where he became one of the leading athletes, being in the cricket and football teams and the crew. He went to the Melbourne University in 1914 and enlisted in September of that year.
He joined the 14th Battalion, and was in the Landing on Gallipoli
when he was wounded and was laid up for six weeks. On returning to duty, having refused an opportunity to return to Australia on furlough, as he felt men were so urgently needed at the front, he was promoted to Corporal, and was killed in the fighting round Lone Pine on 8th August 1915.
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