EDWARDS, Cyril Randolph
| Service Number: | 2411 |
|---|---|
| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 48th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Adelaide, South Australia, date not yet discovered |
| Home Town: | Mount Barker, Adelaide Hills, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Farm Labourer |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Belgium, 29 September 1917, age not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium |
| Memorials: | Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Menin Gate Memorial (Commonwealth Memorial to the Missing of the Ypres Salient), Mount Barker Soldiers' Memorial Hospital Roll of Honor, Mount Barker War Memorial, Snowtown & District Roll of Honor |
World War 1 Service
| 28 Aug 1916: | Involvement Private, 2411, 48th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '19' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Anchises embarkation_ship_number: A68 public_note: '' | |
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| 28 Aug 1916: | Embarked Private, 2411, 48th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Anchises, Adelaide |
Cyril Randolph Edwards
Name: Cyril Randolph Edwards
Service Number: 2411
Place of Birth: Adelaide
Date of Birth: June 1897
Place of Enlistment: Adelaide
Date of Enlistment: 13 July 1916
Age at Enlistment: 19 years
Next of Kin: Guardian, Ann Elizabeth Hargraves / Mount Barker
Occupation: Farm Labourer
Religion: Methodist
Rank: Private
No record of a Cyril Randolph Edwards could be found in the South Australian Births Index of Registrations. Details that follow are of Cyril Randolph Edwards, Service Number 2411, assuming he is the soldier listed on the Verdun Memorial Roll. Should the reader have any information to the contrary please contact the author.
Cyril joined the 5/48thInfantry Battalion and left Australia on the A68 Anchises on 28 August 1916. He went to Etaples, France as a Private with the 12th Light Trench Mortar Battery on 29 December. Cyril was killed in action in Belgium on 29 September 1917 when shot through the head by a sniper. He has no known grave.
After a long and protracted debate, Ann Hargraves finally received Private C.R.Edwards’ war medals in May 1921. She also received his Memorial Plaque and the King’s message relating to Private C.R.Edwards on 24 September 1922 and his Victory Medal on 17 April 1923.
Submitted 26 October 2023 by christopher collins
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